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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. The narrator's description of Mary and her husband’s home leads the reader to assume they fit into what economic bracket?
(a) Lower class
(b) Middle class
(c) Ruling class
(d) Upper class

2. Where does Mary go after leaving Patrick in the living room in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Outside
(b) To the bedroom
(c) To the cellar
(d) To the attic

3. Who is the first police officer to examine Patrick’s body?
(a) Charlie
(b) Sergeant Noonan
(c) Sam
(d) O’Malley

4. Mary tells the police detectives that the meat for Patrick’s dinner is where when they question her?
(a) In the freezer
(b) Thawing in the sink
(c) Cooking in the oven
(d) In the refrigerator

5. Author Roald Dahl was born in what year?
(a) 1961
(b) 1897
(c) 1916
(d) 1932

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mary gets up to leave the room after Patrick’s related his story, she cannot feel what?

2. What are the first thoughts that Mary thinks after killing her husband?

3. Who gets up at once after the congealed blood is found on Patrick’s head and hurries to the phone?

4. What day of the week is it in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. Mary tells herself on the way home from the store that if she does things correctly “there’ll be no need for any” what at all?

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