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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. Who is the first police officer to examine Patrick’s body?
(a) O’Malley
(b) Sam
(c) Sergeant Noonan
(d) Charlie

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

3. How is Mary said to greet the store clerk when she arrives after killing Patrick?
(a) Faintly
(b) Sadly
(c) Brightly
(d) Decisively

4. What does Patrick say when Mary “began to get frightened” in the first section of the story?
(a) I don’t want any dinner
(b) Is dinner ready yet?
(c) I need another drink
(d) Just for a minute, sit down

5. One of the officers in the kitchen says of Patrick, “The doc says his skull was smashed all to pieces just like from a” what?
(a) Sledgehammer
(b) Baseball bat
(c) A piece of firewood
(d) Tire iron

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meat does Mary take from the freezer in the story?

2. Mary is told by the policemen that the weapon used to kill her husband was “most certainly a large piece of” what?

3. What does Mary do at the end of the short story?

4. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?

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

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