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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. What does Mary ask Sergeant Noonan to give her as the investigation continues?
(a) A gun
(b) A police sketch
(c) A notepad
(d) A drink

2. How are Mary’s eyes described in the story?
(a) Beady
(b) Small
(c) Large
(d) Slanted

3. Mary is said to be the wife of what after killing her husband?
(a) A detective
(b) A philanthropist
(c) A gentleman
(d) A saint

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

5. Mary calls the police officer’s dear friends of whom in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Patrick
(b) Sam
(c) Jesus
(d) Hers

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the curtains arranged in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What is the meat from the freezer wrapped in?

3. How does Mary reenter her home after going to the store?

4. Where was “Lamb to the Slaughter” first published?

5. What does Mary tell the police detectives she went to the store to buy when they question her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author portray women and men differently in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. Where in the story does the denouement take place? What happens in the denouement?

3. Why does Mary giggle at the end of “Lamb to Slaughter”?

4. What ultimate irony is presented at the end of “Lamb to Slaughter”?

5. What is the motivation for the crime committed in “Lamb to Slaughter”? How is this motivation established in the beginning of the story?

6. How does Roald Dahl demonstrate black humor through the act of murder in “Lamb to Slaughter”?

7. How does the theme of betrayal apply to “Lamb to Slaughter”?

8. What influences can be seen in “Lamb to Slaughter”? When in Dahl’s career was the story written?

9. What actions does Mary plot on her way home from the store? How do these actions play out?

10. What is significant about O’Malley’s name in “Lamb to Slaughter”?

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