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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. Patrick tells Mary that he’ll give her what after he’s related his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) The car
(b) The child
(c) Money
(d) The house

2. What does Mary offer to get Patrick, but is turned down, after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) His pipe
(b) The newspaper
(c) His glasses
(d) His slippers

3. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Fresh ice cubes
(b) A bottle of champagne
(c) Stagnant water
(d) A bottle of beer

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

5. Mary is said to be the wife of what after killing her husband?
(a) A gentleman
(b) A detective
(c) A saint
(d) A philanthropist

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary tells herself as she walks home from the store, “That’s the way. Do Everything” how?

2. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?

3. Mary notices a little muscle twitching where on Patrick’s face as he begins to talk to her?

4. Where does Mary sit in the bedroom after killing Patrick?

5. How are Mary’s eyes described in the story?

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