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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) 1932
(c) 1897
(d) 1916

2. Mary is said to watch Patrick as he relates his statement “with a kind of dazed” what?
(a) Horror
(b) Relief
(c) Shock
(d) Amazement

3. One of the officers in the kitchen says of the murder weapon, “"Personally, I think it's” where?
(a) In the basement
(b) Right here on the premises
(c) Out in the yard
(d) Long gone

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

5. Patrick tells Mary that what he has to say will be what to her in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Potentially crushing
(b) Not what she wants to hear
(c) Somewhat of a relief
(d) A bit of a shock

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary’s response when she sees Patrick’s body after returning from the store?

2. What kind of look describes Mary’s eyes in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What reason does Mary give to the store clerk for her staying in tonight?

4. Who is the protagonist of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. According to the narrator, after Patrick tells Mary his story, “Her first instinct was to” do what?

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