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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. How many policemen are left in Mary’s house after they’ve all had drinks?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 5

2. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was initially rejected by what periodical for publication?
(a) Readers Digest
(b) The New Yorker
(c) Harper’s Magazine
(d) Newsweek

3. Sergeant Noonan discovers that what is still on in the kitchen?
(a) Mary’s oven
(b) Mary’s blender
(c) Mary’s lights
(d) Mary’s toaster

4. When Mary leaves to go to the store, it’s not yet what time?
(a) 9:00 p.m.
(b) 6:00 p.m
(c) 3:00 p.m.
(d) 10:00 a.m.

5. Mary tells the police detectives that Patrick was where when she returned from the store?
(a) Curled up in the bathtub
(b) Sitting upright on the couch
(c) Lying on the floor
(d) Slumped over in his chair

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do at the end of the short story?

2. Who gets up at once after the congealed blood is found on Patrick’s head and hurries to the phone?

3. Sergeant Noonan asks Mary if she would like to go somewhere else and suggests going to whose house in the story?

4. Mary explains that she hasn’t made any supper for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. Where does Mary sit in the bedroom after killing Patrick?

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