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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. How are Mary’s eyes described in the story?
(a) Large
(b) Beady
(c) Small
(d) Slanted

2. What is the meat from the freezer wrapped in?
(a) Burlap
(b) Paper
(c) Plastic
(d) Foil

3. Mary tells Patrick that he can eat his dinner where in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) At the diner
(b) In the dining room
(c) At the restaurant
(d) In his chair

4. What is Mary doing as she awaits her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Listening to the radio
(b) Reading
(c) Sewing
(d) Painting

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary say when the police pick up after she calls them?

2. What is a literary technique used to develop suspense in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. How many notes does the police detective have when he returns from checking Mary’s alibi at the store?

4. How far along is Mary’s pregnancy in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. What does Mary tell the police detectives she went to the store to buy when they question her?

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