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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. What is described as being “twisted back underneath [Patrick’s] body” when Mary returns home from the store?
(a) Patrick’s arm
(b) Patrick’s foot
(c) Patrick’s neck
(d) Patrick’s leg

2. Mary tells the store clerk that Patrick has caught her without any what?
(a) Dessert
(b) Beverages
(c) Vegetables
(d) Meat

3. Mary is said to be the wife of what after killing her husband?
(a) A saint
(b) A detective
(c) A philanthropist
(d) A gentleman

4. What is Mary’s response when she sees Patrick’s body after returning from the store?
(a) She kicks the body
(b) She runs and hides
(c) She begins crying
(d) She laughs

5. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was written and is presumably set in what era?
(a) The 1950s
(b) The 1940s
(c) The 1930s
(d) The 1920s

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mary said to greet the store clerk when she arrives after killing Patrick?

2. 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?

3. Patrick tells Mary not to make supper for him for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. One of the policemen says to Mary, “It’s the old story. Get the weapon, and you’ve got” what?

5. How is Patrick said to travel in relation to Mary as he relates his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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