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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 tells the police detectives that Patrick was where when she returned from the store?
(a) Slumped over in his chair
(b) Lying on the floor
(c) Sitting upright on the couch
(d) Curled up in the bathtub

2. Mary tells the police detectives that the meat for Patrick’s dinner is where when they question her?
(a) In the freezer
(b) In the refrigerator
(c) Thawing in the sink
(d) Cooking in the oven

3. What is the first thing that Mary says after Patrick has related his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Get out of here
(b) I have laundry to do
(c) I am in shock
(d) I’ll get the supper

4. What is Mary’s response when Patrick tells her, “Listen, I’ve got something to tell you”?
(a) Should I sit down for this?
(b) Please, explain yourself
(c) Could it wait until after dinner?
(d) What is it, darling? What’s the matter?

5. As Mary, in the living room, listens to the policemen in the kitchen, their voices are described as being what “because their mouths were full of meat”?
(a) Loud and boisterous
(b) Soft and satisfied
(c) Thick and sloppy
(d) Mumbling and incoherent

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. Mary is said to watch Patrick as he relates his statement “with a kind of dazed” what?

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

4. Where does Mary say there’s “plenty of meat and stuff” after Patrick’s arrival?

5. 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?

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