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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 are Patrick’s legs described when Mary sees his body after returning from the store?
(a) In a knot
(b) Doubled up
(c) Straight as arrows
(d) At right angles

2. How is Patrick said to travel in relation to Mary as he relates his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Above and beyond her with each word
(b) Entangling toward her with each word
(c) Closer and closer to her with each word
(d) Further and further away from her with each word

3. How far along is Mary’s pregnancy in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) 4 months
(b) 6 months
(c) 2 months
(d) 8 months

4. What word from the short story refers to the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers?
(a) Tolerance
(b) Hospitality
(c) Rebuttal
(d) Parade

5. Mary tells the police detectives that Patrick was where when she returned from the store?
(a) Curled up in the bathtub
(b) Sitting upright on the couch
(c) Slumped over in his chair
(d) Lying on the floor

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is offered more as Mary listens to the policemen in the kitchen eating?

2. Mary is told by the policemen that her husband has been killed how?

3. What does Mary take when she runs downstairs after rehearsing in her room?

4. What is the officer’s reply when another says from the kitchen, "She wants us to finish it. She said so. Be doing her a favor”?

5. What look in Patrick’s eyes does Mary love, as described in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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