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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. What is a literary technique used to develop suspense in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Nonlinear plot
(c) Assonance
(d) Literary allusion

2. What color is Patrick’s second drink that he makes for himself described as?
(a) Light brown
(b) Dark amber
(c) Light crimson
(d) Black

3. What is the store clerk’s response when Mary asks him if he thinks her dinner will be all right despite being cooked from frozen?
(a) Personally, I don’t believe it makes any difference
(b) Personally, I will only eat them fresh
(c) I wouldn’t know, I am a vegetarian
(d) Personally, I would thaw it first

4. Where does Mary discover her dead husband lying after she returns from the store?
(a) In the living room
(b) In the bedroom
(c) On the stairs
(d) In the bathroom

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What beverage is sitting out as Mary waits in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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 the store clerk inquire if Mary wants to purchase?

4. Author Roald Dahl is perhaps best known for writing what children’s novel?

5. What time does the clock say when Mary begins to listen for her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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