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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 food item does Mary offer to Patrick after he arrives home?
(a) Fish
(b) Cheese
(c) Bread
(d) Cake

2. Patrick’s “statement” to Mary is not detailed in the text, but is said to last now long at most?
(a) 3-4 minutes
(b) 2-3 minutes
(c) 1-2 minutes
(d) 4-5 minutes

3. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?
(a) At her mother’s house
(b) At the grocery store
(c) In the garden around the house
(d) In the cellar and attic

4. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?
(a) Sentence
(b) Alibi
(c) Motive
(d) Prosecution

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?

2. Patrick tells Mary after relating his story that “there needn’t really be any” what?

3. Where was author Roald Dahl born?

4. From what narrative tense is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?

5. How are Mary’s actions described when she kills her husband?

(see the answer key)

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