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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. Patrick is described as sitting how in a chair in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Loosely
(b) Sleepily
(c) Slouchy
(d) Stiffly

2. What is Mary’s last name in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Markley
(b) Maloney
(c) Matheson
(d) Moore

3. What is the officer’s reply when another says from the kitchen, "She wants us to finish it. She said so. Be doing her a favor”?
(a) Fine, I’ll take some home for my dog
(b) I would but I’m full
(c) Okay then. Give me some more
(d) Let’s just hide it in the trash

4. What is the “small favor” that Mary asks of Sergeant Noonan and the other officers?
(a) To let her go to sleep
(b) To let her take a bath
(c) To leave
(d) To eat dinner

5. The narrator's description of Mary and her husband’s home leads the reader to assume they fit into what economic bracket?
(a) Upper class
(b) Middle class
(c) Lower class
(d) Ruling class

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meat does Mary take from the freezer in the story?

2. Who is the officer who is asked by another in the kitchen, “What do you think?”

3. How does Mary reenter her home after going to the store?

4. Mary is described as loving the way that Patrick remains silent about his what, in the beginning of the short story?

5. What is the presumed setting of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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