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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. How is Mary said to feel as she comes out of her shock after killing Patrick in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Fearful and repellant
(b) Sickened and tortured
(c) Cold and surprised
(d) Paranoid and energetic

2. How are the curtains arranged in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Only the right curtain is open
(b) The curtains are drawn
(c) The curtains are wide open
(d) Only the left curtain is open

3. Mary tells the police officers that arrive that she had been where when Patrick was killed?
(a) The grocery store
(b) The library
(c) The department store
(d) The church

4. The narrator states that Mary “loved to” do what “in the presence of this man” (Patrick) in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Philosophize
(b) Entertain
(c) Luxuriate
(d) Pray

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first thing that Mary says after Patrick has related his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What is the officer’s reply when another says from the kitchen, "She wants us to finish it. She said so. Be doing her a favor”?

4. Where was author Roald Dahl born?

5. What does Patrick say when Mary “began to get frightened” in the first section of the story?

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