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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Mary leaves to go to the store, it’s not yet what time?
(a) 6:00 p.m
(b) 9:00 p.m.
(c) 10:00 a.m.
(d) 3:00 p.m.
2. 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) Ruling class
(c) Middle class
(d) Lower class
3. Mary calls the police officer’s dear friends of whom in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Sam
(b) Jesus
(c) Hers
(d) Patrick
4. One of the officers in the kitchen says of the murder weapon, “"Personally, I think it's” where?
(a) Right here on the premises
(b) Long gone
(c) In the basement
(d) Out in the yard
5. Where was author Roald Dahl born?
(a) Poland
(b) Wales
(c) Norway
(d) Russia
Short Answer Questions
1. As Patrick begins to talk to Mary, the lamplight leaves what aspects of his face in shadow?
2. How is the room that Mary waits in described in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
3. Where does Mary say there’s “plenty of meat and stuff” after Patrick’s arrival?
4. What color is Patrick’s second drink that he makes for himself described as?
5. How long does Patrick remain standing before he crashes to the carpet?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Mary’s actions after the murder resemble those of an actor preparing for a role?
2. What do you think the outcome will be for Mary based on the ending of the story?
3. How did “Lamb to Slaughter” fit in with the popular fiction of the era when it was published?
4. What action does Patrick commit in “Lamb to Slaughter” to propel the action of the story forward?
5. How does Patrick Maloney feel about his wife Mary in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
6. When does Mary appear the most emotionally vulnerable in the story? Is this emotion true or a performance?
7. How is Biblical allusion depicted through the title of “Lamb to Slaughter”?
8. How would you characterize the tone and mood of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
9. Where does the rising action take place in the narrative? What happens in the rising action of the story?
10. What differences can be seen between the 1950s society in the short story and society today?
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