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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 kind of look describes Mary’s eyes in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Mourning
(b) Wondering
(c) Excited
(d) Placid

2. What food item does Mary offer to Patrick after he arrives home?
(a) Cake
(b) Cheese
(c) Bread
(d) Fish

3. Mary is told by the policemen that the weapon used to kill her husband was “most certainly a large piece of” what?
(a) Wood
(b) Rock
(c) Metal
(d) Plastic

4. 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) Mumbling and incoherent
(b) Soft and satisfied
(c) Thick and sloppy
(d) Loud and boisterous

5. How long does the police detective take when he goes to check Mary’s alibi at the store?
(a) 35 minutes
(b) 15 minutes
(c) 25 minutes
(d) 8 minutes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary offer to get Patrick, but is turned down, after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What murder weapon is used to kill Patrick in the story?

3. Who is the officer who is asked by another in the kitchen, “What do you think?”

4. Mary tells the store clerk that Patrick has caught her without any what?

5. What does Mary take from her husband when he first arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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