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

2. Where does Mary sit in the bedroom after killing Patrick?
(a) Before the mirror
(b) In front of the window
(c) On the side of the bed
(d) At the foot of the bed

3. Who gets up at once after the congealed blood is found on Patrick’s head and hurries to the phone?
(a) Charlie
(b) The fingerprint man
(c) Sergeant Noonan
(d) O’Malley

4. What does Mary tell the police detectives she went to the store to buy when they question her?
(a) Wine
(b) Meat
(c) A newspaper
(d) Vegetables

5. When Mary gets up to leave the room after Patrick’s related his story, she cannot feel what?
(a) Her feet touching the floor
(b) Her hands reaching for her coat
(c) Her face looking in the mirror
(d) Her eyes, gazing around the room

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Mary’s actions described when she kills her husband?

2. One of the police detectives asks Mary if anything in the house could have been used as a weapon and if she will take a look around to see if anything is missing. What items does he suggest?

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

4. What is the “small favor” that Mary asks of Sergeant Noonan and the other officers?

5. The narrator states that Mary “loved to” do what “in the presence of this man” (Patrick) in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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