"Lamb to the Slaughter" Quiz

The fact that the lamb is frozen is significant because ___.

• thawing it will take time

• it mirrors the couple's icy relationship

• eating improperly thawed meat is dangerous

• it could be used as a murder weapon

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The real reason Mary goes to the store is that she needs ___.

• food for dinner

• an alibi

• some time to think

• a distraction

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Mary attempts to put the police officers at ease by ___.

• flirting with them

• confessing to the crime

• offering them drinks

• hiding the murder weapon

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The protagonist of the story is Mary because ___.

• Mary is initially the most innocent character in the story

• we should feel sorry for her since Patrick was cheating on her

• Mary is the central character of the story

• Mary wins in the end of the story

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

By using the 3rd person limited point-of-view, the author is able to show ___.

• how the husband feels about leaving Mary

• the detectives' thoughts about who may have killed Patrick

• the love Mary felt for her husband and why she was driven to kill him

• how Sam the grocer really felt about Mary

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is Mary's motive for going to get the lamb from the freezer?

• She wants to find a weapon to use for killing Patrick.

• She is nauseated at the idea of eating what she had already cooked for dinner.

• She thinks she should go about her business as usual, and then things will be alright.

• She thinks that she can win Patrick back with her delicious cooking.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why does Mrs. Maloney giggle? She is ___.

• responding to the officer's ironic remark about the weapon being under their noses

• glad that her cheating husband is dead

• plotting how to kill the officers who are sitting at her table

• laughing at the officer's funny joke

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When Mary kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb, this is an example of ___ conflict.

• person vs. person

• person vs. self

• person vs. nature

• person vs. technology

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the detectives are eating the murder weapon Mary used, which shows that we know something that they don't, this action is an example of ___ irony.

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

• international

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The fact that such a sweet, loving wife who's also pregnant murders her husband unexpectedly is an example of ___ irony.

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

• international

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5