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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 word used in describing the story’s setting refers to a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves or drawers?
(a) Sideboard
(b) Topdrawer
(c) Frontslab
(d) Rearshelf

2. What is Mary’s response when Patrick tells her, “Listen, I’ve got something to tell you”?
(a) Should I sit down for this?
(b) Please, explain yourself
(c) What is it, darling? What’s the matter?
(d) Could it wait until after dinner?

3. What is the presumed setting of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) France
(b) The United States
(c) England
(d) Canada

4. How is the shape of Patrick’s mouth described in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Large
(b) Small
(c) Obtuse
(d) Funny

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mary overhears the police detective telling another that the store clerk said Mary’s behavior was what?

3. Author Roald Dahl is perhaps best known for writing what children’s novel?

4. How is Mary said to greet the store clerk when she arrives after killing Patrick?

5. Mary tells Patrick that he can eat his dinner where in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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