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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lamb to the Slaughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Mary doing as she enters her home from the store?
(a) Laughing and giggling
(b) Frowning and praying
(c) Crying and thinking
(d) Humming and smiling

3. Where does Mary set her parcel from the store down when she enters her home?
(a) In a chair
(b) In the sink
(c) On the floor
(d) On the kitchen table

4. Who does Mary rehearse speaking to in her bedroom after killing Patrick?
(a) Paul
(b) O’Malley
(c) Patrick
(d) Sam

5. One of the policemen says to Mary, “It’s the old story. Get the weapon, and you’ve got” what?
(a) A good lead
(b) More questions
(c) The answers
(d) The man

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator's description of Mary and her husband’s home leads the reader to assume they fit into what economic bracket?

2. What overturns when Patrick falls to his death in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. “Lamb to the Slaughter” is included in what short story compilation?

4. When Mary gets up to leave the room after Patrick’s related his story, she cannot feel what?

5. What does Mary offer to get Patrick, but is turned down, after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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