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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. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?
(a) Prosecution
(b) Motive
(c) Sentence
(d) Alibi

2. Who is offered more as Mary listens to the policemen in the kitchen eating?
(a) Patrick
(b) Mary
(c) Charlie
(d) Sergeant Noonan

3. What does Mary say when the police pick up after she calls them?
(a) Quick! Come quick! Patrick’s dead!
(b) There has been a murder
(c) I need an ambulance
(d) My husband has been attacked

4. As Patrick begins to talk to Mary, the lamplight leaves what aspects of his face in shadow?
(a) His cheek and eyebrow
(b) His chin and mouth
(c) His hair and ears
(d) His nose and hair

5. Mary calls the police officer’s dear friends of whom in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Jesus
(b) Patrick
(c) Sam
(d) Hers

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the officer who is asked by another in the kitchen, “What do you think?”

2. How many policemen are left in Mary’s house after they’ve all had drinks?

3. What word from the story refers to a state of being desperate or wild with excitement, passion or fear?

4. What kind of meat does Mary take from the freezer in the story?

5. By what name does Mary call Sergeant Noonan as the investigation continues?

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