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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Patrick tells Mary after relating his story that “there needn’t really be any” what?
(a) Agony
(b) Fuss
(c) Yelling
(d) Hatred
2. What kind of meat does Mary take from the freezer in the story?
(a) A string of sausages
(b) A venison roast
(c) A leg of lamb
(d) A whole salmon
3. Patrick tells Mary that he’ll give her what after he’s related his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) The house
(b) Money
(c) The child
(d) The car
4. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?
(a) A police photographer
(b) O'Malley
(c) A doctor
(d) Sergeant Noonan
5. When Mary gets up to leave the room after Patrick’s related his story, she cannot feel what?
(a) Her eyes, gazing around the room
(b) Her hands reaching for her coat
(c) Her face looking in the mirror
(d) Her feet touching the floor
Short Answer Questions
1. Mary tells Patrick that he can eat his dinner where in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
2. How is the room that Mary waits in described in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
3. Where in “Lamb to the Slaughter” does the rising action take place?
4. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?
5. How many table lamps are described in the room in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the character of Patrick Maloney described in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
2. What role does Sergeant Noonan play in the ultimate plot twist of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
3. How is Mary’s discussion with Sam regarding “dessert” an example of verbal irony?
4. How is the concept of identity as seen in popular psychology depicted through the character of Mary in the novel?
5. What do you think the outcome will be for Mary based on the ending of the story?
6. How does Mary’s character transform after hearing Patrick’s news in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
7. What social and cultural elements influenced the Post-War period in Western literature?
8. How does the theme of betrayal apply to “Lamb to Slaughter”?
9. Whom does Mary call after “discovering” the body? What happens next in the story?
10. What actions does Mary plot on her way home from the store? How do these actions play out?
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