View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Patrick is confirmed as dead, who arrives next to Mary’s house to join the investigation?
(a) Sergeant Noonan
(b) A doctor
(c) O'Malley
(d) A police photographer

2. What is Mary’s response when Patrick tells her, “Listen, I’ve got something to tell you”?
(a) Could it wait until after dinner?
(b) Please, explain yourself
(c) Should I sit down for this?
(d) What is it, darling? What’s the matter?

3. What are the first thoughts that Mary thinks after killing her husband?
(a) I must call the police
(b) All right. So I’ve killed him
(c) Hail to Mary, I’ve done it
(d) Oh dear Lord what have I done

4. How does Mary kill her husband in the story?
(a) She shoots him in the chest
(b) She strangles him
(c) She poisons him
(d) She hits him over the head

5. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says that it is probably where?
(a) Somewhere hidden in the garden
(b) Long gone
(c) In an alleyway somewhere
(d) Right under our noses

6. One of the officers in the kitchen says of Patrick, “The doc says his skull was smashed all to pieces just like from a” what?
(a) A piece of firewood
(b) Sledgehammer
(c) Tire iron
(d) Baseball bat

7. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?
(a) A doctor
(b) Sergeant Noonan
(c) O'Malley
(d) A police photographer

8. By what name is Mary addressed by the store clerk?
(a) Mrs. M.
(b) Mrs. Maloney
(c) Mary
(d) Miss Mary

9. What does Mary attempt to do in the bedroom after killing Patrick?
(a) Cry
(b) Scream
(c) Call her mother
(d) Smile

10. How are the curtains arranged in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Only the left curtain is open
(b) The curtains are drawn
(c) Only the right curtain is open
(d) The curtains are wide open

11. What is Sergeant Noonan’s first name in the story?
(a) Jack
(b) Patrick
(c) James
(d) Peter

12. One of the police detectives asks Mary if anything in the house could have been used as a weapon and if she will take a look around to see if anything is missing. What items does he suggest?
(a) A brick or a rock
(b) A hammer or a shovel
(c) A big spanner or a heavy metal vase
(d) A frying pan or a fire poker

13. The narrator states that Mary “loved to” do what “in the presence of this man” (Patrick) in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Entertain
(b) Philosophize
(c) Pray
(d) Luxuriate

14. Mary tells Patrick that he can eat his dinner where in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) In the dining room
(b) At the restaurant
(c) In his chair
(d) At the diner

15. What does Mary request while she’s rehearsing in her room after killing Patrick?
(a) Her mother’s phone number
(b) A lawyer
(c) Ham and eggs
(d) Potatoes and peas

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first sound that Mary hears of her husband’s arrival in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. Where does Mary say there’s “plenty of meat and stuff” after Patrick’s arrival?

3. Mary hides the truth about Patrick’s murder to presumably protect whom?

4. Mary tells the police detective that she doesn’t own any items like he suggested for the murder weapon, but that there might be some things like that where?

5. Mary is described as loving the way that Patrick remains silent about his what, in the beginning of the short story?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 590 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample