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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. Mary is said to watch Patrick as he relates his statement “with a kind of dazed” what?
(a) Relief
(b) Shock
(c) Horror
(d) Amazement

2. Mary is described as loving the way that Patrick remains silent about his what, in the beginning of the short story?
(a) Tiredness
(b) Frustration
(c) Anger
(d) Admiration

3. What dessert does Mary purchase at the store?
(a) Lemon cake
(b) Apple pie
(c) Iced cream
(d) Cheesecake

4. According to the narrator, after Patrick tells Mary his story, “Her first instinct was to” do what?
(a) Not believe any of it, to reject it all
(b) Run out the front door
(c) Scream and slap him
(d) Clean the house

5. Sergeant Noonan discovers that what is still on in the kitchen?
(a) Mary’s blender
(b) Mary’s oven
(c) Mary’s lights
(d) Mary’s toaster

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?

2. How many policemen are left in Mary’s house after they’ve all had drinks?

3. Where was author Roald Dahl born?

4. Mary complains about what aspect of Patrick’s job after his arrival home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. Mary’s feelings for her husband in the beginning of the story are defined in which way?

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