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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Mary complains about what aspect of Patrick’s job after his arrival home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Sitting in a chair behind a desk all day long
(b) Driving all day long
(c) Walking about on his feet all day long
(d) Talking all day long

4. The final comment made by the policemen in “Lamb to the Slaughter” relates to which literary element?
(a) Onomatopoeia
(b) Alliteration
(c) Irony
(d) Assonance

5. According to the narrator, Mary “knew [Patrick] didn’t want to speak much until” what was finished?
(a) Supper
(b) The second drink
(c) The first drink
(d) The sunset

6. What word from the story refers to a state of being desperate or wild with excitement, passion or fear?
(a) Frantic
(b) Astonishment
(c) Grief
(d) Wonder

7. Mary tells herself as she walks home from the store, “That’s the way. Do Everything” how?
(a) Fast and accurate
(b) Right and natural
(c) Tame and normal
(d) Nice and stealthily

8. What is the first sound that Mary hears of her husband’s arrival in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Tires on the gravel
(b) Coughing
(c) A creaking gate
(d) Singing

9. What word from the short story means to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination?
(a) Hesitate
(b) Decisive
(c) Abundant
(d) Ponder

10. What kind of quality describes Mary’s skin in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A harsh and gauzy quality
(b) A wonderful translucent quality
(c) An ashen and gray quality
(d) A sallow and withered quality

11. When Mary gets up to leave the room after Patrick’s related his story, she cannot feel what?
(a) Her feet touching the floor
(b) Her face looking in the mirror
(c) Her eyes, gazing around the room
(d) Her hands reaching for her coat

12. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?
(a) Board
(b) Brick
(c) Club
(d) Log

13. How does Mary greet her husband when he arrives in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) I missed you
(b) Welcome home
(c) Hullo darling
(d) Hello sweetheart

14. 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?
(a) In the closet
(b) In the shed
(c) In the basement
(d) In the garage

15. Mary tells the store clerk that Patrick has caught her without any what?
(a) Beverages
(b) Dessert
(c) Meat
(d) Vegetables

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Mary go after leaving Patrick in the living room in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. Patrick tells Mary not to make supper for him for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?

5. Where does Mary set her parcel from the store down when she enters her home?

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