Mystery Unit Quiz

Why is Mary Maloney smiling as she waits her husband’s return at the beginning of the story?

• She knows she will get even with him that night.

• She loves him and looks forward to seeing him.

• She knows he won’t speak to her for a while, and she is looking forward to the peace and quiet.

• She likes being able to have a drink of whiskey with him.

What is Mr. Maloney’s job?

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

Mr. Maloney can be characterized as ___________

• Honorable and innocent

• Disloyal and untrustworthy

• Gentlemanly and kind

• Funny

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

Why does Mrs. Maloney go to the grocer?

• To create an alibi

• Because she needs ingredients for dinner

• Because Patrick told her to

• To see Sam, whom she's having an affair with

Why do the policemen eat the lamb?

• Mary made them eat the meal.

• They want to help destroy the evidence.

• The chief has told them to eat the meal.

• They are hungry and don’t want to offend Mrs. Maloney.

Identify the type of irony.

The police are looking for the murder weapon because that is the key to them finding the murderer, but they unknowingly eat the murder weapon instead.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

Who wrote The Lamb To The Slaughter?

• Ernest Hemingway

• George Washington Jr.

• Roald Dahl

• Mary Maloney

In the beginning of the rising plot Mary Maloney is

• planning dinner.

• waiting for her husband to come home from work.

• upset about the grocery bill.

• planning to murder her husband.

What does Mary utilize to hit her husband on the head?

• A pack of ground beef

• A baseball bat

• A frozen leg of lamb

• A turkey leg