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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lamb to the Slaughter.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Mary stops to wonder after killing Patrick, “What were the laws about murderers with” what?
(a) Ties to their victims
(b) Unborn children
(c) Medical conditions
(d) Religious convictions
2. “Lamb to the Slaughter” is included in what short story compilation?
(a) Impossible to Solve
(b) Tales from Afar
(c) Someone Like You
(d) Truth be Told
3. Mary tells the police officers that arrive that she had been where when Patrick was killed?
(a) The grocery store
(b) The department store
(c) The church
(d) The library
4. As Patrick begins to talk to Mary, the lamplight leaves what aspects of his face in shadow?
(a) His chin and mouth
(b) His nose and hair
(c) His cheek and eyebrow
(d) His hair and ears
5. What does the store clerk inquire if Mary wants to purchase?
(a) Milk
(b) Wine
(c) Meat
(d) A newspaper
Short Answer Questions
1. Patrick’s “statement” to Mary is not detailed in the text, but is said to last now long at most?
2. What is the first sound that Mary hears of her husband’s arrival in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
3. When Mary leaves to go to the store, it’s not yet what time?
4. Patrick tells Mary not to make supper for him for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
5. What kind of quality describes Mary’s skin in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
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