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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 is perhaps best known for writing what children’s novel?
(a) Sarah, Plain and Tall
(b) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(c) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(d) Where the Wild Things Are

2. As Mary, in the living room, listens to the policemen in the kitchen, their voices are described as being what “because their mouths were full of meat”?
(a) Thick and sloppy
(b) Soft and satisfied
(c) Loud and boisterous
(d) Mumbling and incoherent

3. What kind of store does Mary go to after killing Patrick?
(a) A candy store
(b) A grocery store
(c) A bookstore
(d) A taxidermy store

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

5. What does Mary buy at the store after she’s killed Patrick?
(a) Rice and cheese
(b) Candy and cigarettes
(c) Potatoes and peas
(d) A newspaper and a book

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name is Mary addressed by the store clerk?

2. What dessert does Mary purchase at the store?

3. According to the narrator, Mary “knew [Patrick] didn’t want to speak much until” what was finished?

4. What word from the story refers to keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss?

5. What kind of quality describes Mary’s skin in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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