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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is working at the store when Mary arrives after killing Patrick?
(a) Sam
(b) Charlie
(c) Patrick
(d) Robert

2. From what narrative point of view is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?
(a) Third person
(b) First person
(c) Fourth person
(d) Second person

3. Mary hides the truth about Patrick’s murder to presumably protect whom?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her unborn child
(c) Her secret lover
(d) Patrick’s lover

4. To whom does Mary call out when she returns from the store?
(a) Ben
(b) Jack
(c) Patrick
(d) Sam

5. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says that it is probably where?
(a) In an alleyway somewhere
(b) Somewhere hidden in the garden
(c) Long gone
(d) Right under our noses

6. What reason does Mary give to the store clerk for her staying in tonight?
(a) She is feeling ill
(b) Patrick is tired
(c) The car needs repairs
(d) The restaurant is closed

7. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?
(a) Sentence
(b) Prosecution
(c) Motive
(d) Alibi

8. When Mary leaves to go to the store, it’s not yet what time?
(a) 9:00 p.m.
(b) 10:00 a.m.
(c) 6:00 p.m
(d) 3:00 p.m.

9. By what name is Mary addressed by the store clerk?
(a) Mary
(b) Mrs. M.
(c) Mrs. Maloney
(d) Miss Mary

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

11. What does Mary attempt to do when Patrick tells her to “sit down” after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Make him a second drink
(b) Call her mother
(c) Call the police
(d) Go to the grocery store

12. 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

13. The final comment made by the policemen in “Lamb to the Slaughter” relates to which literary element?
(a) Assonance
(b) Alliteration
(c) Irony
(d) Onomatopoeia

14. What does Mary resume doing after Patrick arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Cooking
(b) Sewing
(c) Reading
(d) Humming

15. Author Roald Dahl is perhaps best known for writing what children’s novel?
(a) Where the Wild Things Are
(b) Sarah, Plain and Tall
(c) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(d) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Short Answer Questions

1. As Mary, in the living room, listens to the policemen in the kitchen, their voices are described as being what “because their mouths were full of meat”?

2. What happens to the murder weapon in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. Who discovers a small patch of congealed blood on Patrick’s head when the police arrive?

4. What is the first sound that Mary hears of her husband’s arrival in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. How does Mary kill her husband in the story?

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