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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. Mary is awaiting her husband’s arrival from where in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) The butcher
(b) A funeral
(c) The grocery store
(d) Work

2. Mary is told by the policemen that her husband has been killed how?
(a) By a blow to the back of the head
(b) By drowning in the bathtub
(c) By suffocation after being hung
(d) By a gunshot wound to the stomach

3. Mary tells herself on the way home from the store that if she does things correctly “there’ll be no need for any” what at all?
(a) Crying
(b) Acting
(c) Alibi
(d) Explanation

4. What does Mary request while she’s rehearsing in her room after killing Patrick?
(a) A lawyer
(b) Ham and eggs
(c) Her mother’s phone number
(d) Potatoes and peas

5. Mary tells the police detective that she doesn’t own any items like he suggested for the murder weapon, but that there might be some things like that where?
(a) In the shed
(b) In the basement
(c) In the garage
(d) In the closet

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the drink that Mary mixes for Patrick described after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What word from the story refers to keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss?

4. How is Patrick said to travel in relation to Mary as he relates his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. What is the “small favor” that Mary asks of Sergeant Noonan and the other officers?

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