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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mary resume doing after Patrick arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Humming
(b) Reading
(c) Sewing
(d) Cooking

3. What happens to the murder weapon in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A dog runs off with it
(b) It gets buried in the yard
(c) It remains hidden in the basement
(d) The policemen eat it

4. What is Mary’s presumed reason for killing her husband in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Mary kills him because he is leaving her
(b) Mary kills him because he lost his job
(c) Mary kills him because he is an alcoholic
(d) Mary kills him because he won’t attend church

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

6. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?
(a) Alibi
(b) Sentence
(c) Motive
(d) Prosecution

7. What word from the story refers to keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss?
(a) Frantic
(b) Wonder
(c) Grief
(d) Astonishment

8. What is Mary’s response when she sees Patrick’s body after returning from the store?
(a) She begins crying
(b) She runs and hides
(c) She laughs
(d) She kicks the body

9. What kind of air is described about Mary and “everything she did” in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A quick frantic air
(b) A free-spirited air
(c) A slow smiling air
(d) A methodical air

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

11. How is Patrick said to travel in relation to Mary as he relates his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Entangling toward her with each word
(b) Above and beyond her with each word
(c) Closer and closer to her with each word
(d) Further and further away from her with each word

12. How many police officers initially arrive after Mary calls the police?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4

13. Where does Mary tell the police officer on the phone that Patrick is when she calls them?
(a) Slumped over the sofa
(b) In his chair
(c) On the stairs
(d) Lying on the floor

14. What color is Patrick’s second drink that he makes for himself described as?
(a) Dark amber
(b) Black
(c) Light brown
(d) Light crimson

15. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?
(a) In the garden around the house
(b) In the cellar and attic
(c) At her mother’s house
(d) At the grocery store

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is offered more as Mary listens to the policemen in the kitchen eating?

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

3. What is the “small favor” that Mary asks of Sergeant Noonan and the other officers?

4. How is the drink that Mary mixes for herself described in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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

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