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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week is it in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Friday
(b) Sunday
(c) Thursday
(d) Tuesday

2. What is the store clerk’s response when Mary asks him if he thinks her dinner will be all right despite being cooked from frozen?
(a) Personally, I don’t believe it makes any difference
(b) Personally, I would thaw it first
(c) I wouldn’t know, I am a vegetarian
(d) Personally, I will only eat them fresh

3. As Mary walks home from the store, the narrator states, “Mind you, she wasn’t expecting to find anything. She was just going home with the” what?
(a) Whiskey
(b) Vegetables
(c) Bread
(d) Steak

4. Patrick tells Mary after he’s finished his story, “So there it is. And I know it’s kind of” what?
(a) A shock for you
(b) A bad time to be telling you
(c) Inconvenient
(d) Angering

5. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Stagnant water
(b) A bottle of champagne
(c) Fresh ice cubes
(d) A bottle of beer

6. Patrick tells Mary in the story, “I've thought about it a good deal and I've decided the only thing to do is” what?
(a) Put the baby up for adoption
(b) Pray for forgiveness
(c) Tell you right away
(d) Get a divorce

7. Which object from “Lamb to the Slaughter” symbolizes “revenge”?
(a) The leg of lamb
(b) The newspaper article
(c) The wall clock
(d) The pastry string

8. Patrick’s “statement” to Mary is not detailed in the text, but is said to last now long at most?
(a) 2-3 minutes
(b) 1-2 minutes
(c) 3-4 minutes
(d) 4-5 minutes

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

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

11. What word used in describing the story’s setting refers to a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves or drawers?
(a) Frontslab
(b) Topdrawer
(c) Sideboard
(d) Rearshelf

12. What reason does Mary give to the store clerk for her staying in tonight?
(a) Patrick is tired
(b) The restaurant is closed
(c) The car needs repairs
(d) She is feeling ill

13. From what narrative point of view is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?
(a) Third person
(b) First person
(c) Second person
(d) Fourth person

14. What is the “small favor” that Mary asks of Sergeant Noonan and the other officers?
(a) To let her go to sleep
(b) To let her take a bath
(c) To eat dinner
(d) To leave

15. What does the store clerk inquire if Mary wants to purchase?
(a) Meat
(b) Milk
(c) Wine
(d) A newspaper

Short Answer Questions

1. How far along is Mary’s pregnancy in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. Patrick tells Mary that he’ll give her what after he’s related his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. All of Mary’s movements are said to be what, after Patrick has told her his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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

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

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