Lamb To The Slaughter by Roald Dahl

Lamb To The Slaughter by Roald Dahl

Multiple Choice

What is Mr. Maloney’s job?

• Car salesman

• Policeman

• Butcher

• Doctor

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is "alone together"?

• personification

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What do you think Patrick told Mary?

• That he lost his job

• That he was leaving her and wants a divorce

• That he got a raise at work

• That he wants pizza for dinner

Poll

Did Mary's action here surprise you?

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is used when 6 months pregnant wife Mary Maloney kills her husband?

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

Multiple Choice

Why did Mary REALLY go to the grocery store?

• She needed vegetables for dinner

• She wanted to get something delicious for dessert

• She wanted to get advice from her friend Sam

• She was getting an alibi for her husband's murder

Multiple Choice

What type of irony occurs when the detective says, "Personally I think the murder weapon is somewhere near the house, it's probably right under our noses."

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

Multiple Choice

Why is the ending considered dramatic irony?

• The reader knows that the police detectives are eating the murder weapon, but they don't have a clue.

• You would never expect a pregnant woman to kill her husband.

• The reader knows that a stranger killed Patrick while Mary was at the store, but she does not know this