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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Patrick’s legs described when Mary sees his body after returning from the store?
(a) At right angles
(b) Straight as arrows
(c) In a knot
(d) Doubled up

2. What does Mary say when the police pick up after she calls them?
(a) My husband has been attacked
(b) There has been a murder
(c) Quick! Come quick! Patrick’s dead!
(d) I need an ambulance

3. How is the drink that Mary mixes for herself described in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Just right
(b) Ice cold
(c) Weak
(d) Strong

4. 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) Let’s just hide it in the trash
(b) Fine, I’ll take some home for my dog
(c) Okay then. Give me some more
(d) I would but I’m full

5. Mary notices a little muscle twitching where on Patrick’s face as he begins to talk to her?
(a) On his forehead
(b) Near the corner of his left eye
(c) Near the left corner of his mouth
(d) Near the corner of his right eye

6. What is Mary’s response when the police officer on the phone asks, “Who’s speaking?”
(a) Mrs. Maloney. Mrs. Patrick Maloney
(b) It’s Mary Maloney
(c) Mary M., Maloney, that is
(d) Patrick’s wife, Mary

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

8. What time does the clock say when Mary begins to listen for her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) 5:15 p.m.
(b) 8:05 p.m.
(c) 3:30 p.m.
(d) 4:50 p.m.

9. One of the police detectives asks Mary if anything in the house could have been used as a weapon and if she will take a look around to see if anything is missing. What items does he suggest?
(a) A frying pan or a fire poker
(b) A big spanner or a heavy metal vase
(c) A brick or a rock
(d) A hammer or a shovel

10. When Sergeant Noonan offers to take Mary to another house for the night, she responds that she “didn’t feel like she could move even” how much “at the moment”?
(a) An inch
(b) A yard
(c) A foot
(d) A centimeter

11. Where does Mary sit in the bedroom after killing Patrick?
(a) On the side of the bed
(b) At the foot of the bed
(c) In front of the window
(d) Before the mirror

12. What does Mary take from her husband when he first arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) His tie
(b) His coat
(c) His belt
(d) His shoes

13. How is the drink that Mary mixes for Patrick described after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Strongish
(b) Ice cold
(c) Just right
(d) Weakish

14. What look in Patrick’s eyes does Mary love, as described in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) The intent, far look in his eyes
(b) The specific, narrow look in his eyes
(c) The rambling, wide look in his eyes
(d) The humble, keen look in his eyes

15. Where does Mary set her parcel from the store down when she enters her home?
(a) In the sink
(b) In a chair
(c) On the floor
(d) On the kitchen table

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is working at the store when Mary arrives after killing Patrick?

2. What does Mary resume doing after Patrick arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What kind of air is described about Mary and “everything she did” in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. By what name is Mary addressed by the store clerk?

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

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