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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 word from the story refers to keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss?
(a) Wonder
(b) Grief
(c) Frantic
(d) Astonishment

2. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?
(a) Club
(b) Log
(c) Board
(d) Brick

3. How many notes does the police detective have when he returns from checking Mary’s alibi at the store?
(a) A couple of sentences as notes
(b) Two pages of notes
(c) A page of notes
(d) A paragraph of notes

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

5. The narrator's description of Mary and her husband’s home leads the reader to assume they fit into what economic bracket?
(a) Upper class
(b) Ruling class
(c) Lower class
(d) Middle class

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is working at the store when Mary arrives after killing Patrick?

2. What is Mary’s last name in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. Patrick tells Mary in the story, “I've thought about it a good deal and I've decided the only thing to do is” what?

4. What word from the short story means to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination?

5. What reason does Mary give to the store clerk for her staying in tonight?

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