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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. 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”?
(a) Mumbling and incoherent
(b) Soft and satisfied
(c) Thick and sloppy
(d) Loud and boisterous

2. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Stagnant water
(b) A bottle of beer
(c) A bottle of champagne
(d) Fresh ice cubes

3. Sergeant Noonan discovers that what is still on in the kitchen?
(a) Mary’s blender
(b) Mary’s toaster
(c) Mary’s lights
(d) Mary’s oven

4. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says that it is probably where?
(a) Right under our noses
(b) In an alleyway somewhere
(c) Long gone
(d) Somewhere hidden in the garden

5. How long does the police detective take when he goes to check Mary’s alibi at the store?
(a) 25 minutes
(b) 15 minutes
(c) 8 minutes
(d) 35 minutes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary’s presumed reason for killing her husband in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. Patrick tells Mary after he’s finished his story, “So there it is. And I know it’s kind of” what?

3. The narrator states in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” that the time when Mary’s husband arrives home is always what kind of “time of day” for her?

4. From what narrative tense is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?

5. Where does Mary exit the home after killing Patrick?

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