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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. Author Roald Dahl was born in what year?
(a) 1916
(b) 1961
(c) 1932
(d) 1897

2. All of Mary’s movements are said to be what, after Patrick has told her his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Automatic
(b) Stilted
(c) Monotonous
(d) Ominous

3. Who is offered more as Mary listens to the policemen in the kitchen eating?
(a) Sergeant Noonan
(b) Charlie
(c) Patrick
(d) Mary

4. Where in “Lamb to the Slaughter” does the rising action take place?
(a) When the police arrive at Mary’s door
(b) When Patrick tells Mary he’s leaving her
(c) When Mary goes to the store
(d) When Mary calls the police

5. Author Roald Dahl is perhaps best known for writing what children’s novel?
(a) Where the Wild Things Are
(b) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(c) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(d) Sarah, Plain and Tall

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, after Patrick tells Mary his story, “Her first instinct was to” do what?

2. What is Mary’s presumed reason for killing her husband in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. Mary tells the police detectives that the meat for Patrick’s dinner is where when they question her?

4. What word used in describing the story’s setting refers to a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves or drawers?

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

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