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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. Where was “Lamb to the Slaughter” first published?
(a) Newsweek
(b) Reader’s Digest
(c) New York Magazine
(d) Harper’s Magazine

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

3. Who does Mary rehearse speaking to in her bedroom after killing Patrick?
(a) Patrick
(b) Sam
(c) O’Malley
(d) Paul

4. What is Mary’s presumed reason for going to the store in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) She wanted to get away from her husband
(b) To establish an alibi
(c) She was out of milk
(d) She needed vegetables

5. How is the room that Mary waits in described in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Dark but dirty
(b) Cold and dirty
(c) Warm and clean
(d) Dark but clean

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Mary tells the store clerk that Patrick has caught her without any what?

3. What overturns when Patrick falls to his death in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. Where does Mary go after leaving Patrick in the living room in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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

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