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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 is Mary’s last name in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Maloney
(b) Moore
(c) Markley
(d) Matheson

2. What is the meat from the freezer wrapped in?
(a) Plastic
(b) Paper
(c) Burlap
(d) Foil

3. Where does Mary tell the police officer on the phone that Patrick is when she calls them?
(a) In his chair
(b) On the stairs
(c) Slumped over the sofa
(d) Lying on the floor

4. What “unusual” thing does Patrick do after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) He downs his drink in one swallow
(b) He sits outside on the porch
(c) He goes out to the garage
(d) He lies down in bed

5. The narrator's description of Mary and her husband’s home leads the reader to assume they fit into what economic bracket?
(a) Upper class
(b) Lower class
(c) Middle class
(d) Ruling class

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary resume doing after Patrick arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?

3. Mary is told by the policemen that the weapon used to kill her husband was “most certainly a large piece of” what?

4. What member of the investigative team departs after the body has been carried out on a stretcher?

5. What kind of air is described about Mary and “everything she did” in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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