8th Grade Lamb to Slaughter Quiz

a dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal

• corpse

• precinct

• placid

• translucent

allowing light, but not detailed shapes, to pass through; semitransparent

• placid

• trifle

• translucent

• tinkled

a wrench

• tinkled

• spanner

• hospitality

• translucent

serving comfort to someone at a time of grief or disappointment

• consoling

• peculiar

• tranquil

• hesitating

tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking

• tinkled

• tranquil

• welled

• hesitating

Why does Mrs. Maloney giggle at the end of the story?

• She got away with murder.

• The police officers told a joke.

• She shared a story about her husband.

• She was hysterical.

What did the Maloneys do every Thursday?

• They went for a walk.

• They drank whiskey.

• They went out for dinner.

• They had people over for dinner.

The main character was pregnant

• True

• False

Why did Mrs. Maloney murder her husband?

• He was not kind.

• He was a police officer.

• He got a job in another city.

• He was leaving her.

What happens to the murder weapon?

• It is eaten.

• It is buried.

• It is hidden.

• It is thrown into a lake.