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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lamb to the Slaughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Patrick remain standing before he crashes to the carpet?
(a) 2-3 seconds
(b) 5-10 seconds
(c) 4-5 seconds
(d) 15-20 seconds

2. How is Mary said to greet the store clerk when she arrives after killing Patrick?
(a) Faintly
(b) Decisively
(c) Sadly
(d) Brightly

3. What word from the story means a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law?
(a) Evidence
(b) Penalty
(c) Motive
(d) Judgment

4. To whom does Mary call out when she returns from the store?
(a) Patrick
(b) Ben
(c) Sam
(d) Jack

5. The narrator compares “that warm male glow that came out of him to her when they were alone together” to what in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A geyser
(b) Lava
(c) A fire
(d) The sun

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary tells the police detectives that Patrick was where when she returned from the store?

2. Mary tells the police detective that she doesn’t own any items like he suggested for the murder weapon, but that there might be some things like that where?

3. As Mary, in the living room, listens to the policemen in the kitchen, their voices are described as being what “because their mouths were full of meat”?

4. Patrick tells Mary in the first half of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” “I hope you won’t blame” who too much?

5. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?

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