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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary offer to get Patrick, but is turned down, after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) The newspaper
(b) His slippers
(c) His pipe
(d) His glasses

2. Mary hides the truth about Patrick’s murder to presumably protect whom?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her unborn child
(c) Patrick’s lover
(d) Her secret lover

3. Patrick is described as sitting how in a chair in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Loosely
(b) Slouchy
(c) Stiffly
(d) Sleepily

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

5. Patrick tells Mary not to make supper for him for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) He’s going out
(b) He doesn’t like her cooking
(c) He’s not hungry
(d) It is too late in the day

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

7. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was written and is presumably set in what era?
(a) The 1930s
(b) The 1950s
(c) The 1920s
(d) The 1940s

8. “Lamb to the Slaughter” is included in what short story compilation?
(a) Tales from Afar
(b) Truth be Told
(c) Someone Like You
(d) Impossible to Solve

9. When Mary leaves the store, she tells herself that she’s returning home to do what?
(a) Call her sister on the phone
(b) Cook dinner for her husband
(c) Finish the laundry
(d) Wash the dishes

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

11. Who is the officer who is asked by another in the kitchen, “What do you think?”
(a) O'Malley
(b) Charlie
(c) The fingerprint man
(d) Sergeant Noonan

12. 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) Luxuriate
(d) Pray

13. One of the officers in the kitchen says of the murder weapon, “"Personally, I think it's” where?
(a) Long gone
(b) In the basement
(c) Out in the yard
(d) Right here on the premises

14. According to the narrator, “the detectives kept asking [Mary] a lot of questions. But they always treated her” how?
(a) Kindly
(b) Respectfully
(c) Suspiciously
(d) Innocently

15. What does Mary tell the police detectives she went to the store to buy when they question her?
(a) Wine
(b) A newspaper
(c) Meat
(d) Vegetables

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary greet her husband when he arrives in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. Mary complains about what aspect of Patrick’s job after his arrival home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What does Mary attempt to do in the bedroom after killing Patrick?

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

5. Mary tells the police detectives that she was doing what when Patrick arrived home from work?

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