Lamb to the Slaughter

What is Mr. Maloney’s job?

• Minister, member of the clergy
• Police detective
• Butcher
• Stock broker

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Mr. Maloney can be characterized as ___________

• Honorable and innocent
• Disloyal and untrustworthy
• Gentlemanly and kind
• Totally evil

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What is Mrs. Maloney’s motive for going to get the lamb from the freezer?

• She wants to use it to hit Patrick.
• She is nauseated at the idea of eating what she already made for dinner.
• She thinks she should go about her business as usual and then things will be all right.
• She thinks she can win Patrick back with her cooking.

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Which pair of words best describes Mrs. Maloney’s actions after she kills her husband?

• Frightened and shocked
• Light-hearted and funny
• Careful and honest
• Resolute and clever

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Why does Mrs. Maloney go to see Sam?

• She needs vegetables to go with the lamb.
• Patrick has decided he wants to eat dinner.
• She needs someone such as Sam to be a witness that she was out of the house when the murder was committed.
• She doesn’t understand that Patrick is already dead.

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When Mrs. Maloney returns home from the grocery and sees Patrick’s dead body on the floor, how does she feel?

• She pretends she is very upset.
• She literally is upset and shocked and even feels love for him.
• She feels indifferent (that is, she couldn’t care less).
• She feels guilty and forgives him completely for being unfaithful.

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What do the police do with the murder weapon?

• They eat it without knowing it is the murder weapon.
• They leave it in the garage.
• They eat it although they know it is the murder weapon.
• Nothing.  They never find the spanner.

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Why does Mary Maloney kill her husband Patrick?

• He's leaving her

• Pregnancy has made her crazy

• She's tired of looking after him

• She's having an affair

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When the detectives are talking about the murder weapon over their meal, they say:

"'Personally, I think it's right here on the premises,'

'Probably right under our very noses. What you think, Jack?'"

What language feature is this an example of?

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Irony

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"This isn't as easy as it looks, so I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't distract me."

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Dramatical

• Situational