"Lamb to the Slaughter" - Roald Dahl

How long did the police search for the murder weapon?

• 1 hour

• 6 hours

• 12 hours

• 3 hours

Mary's giggling meant that she had lost her mind.

• True

• False

The police believed that the murder weapon was a 

• knife

• gun

• metal club

• table

What "shocked" Mary when she returned from the store?

• Police were there

• Patrick was dead

• Nothing is left for the supper

• The seller did not recognize her

Who is the protagonist in the story?

• Mrs. van der Meer

• Mary Mulholland

• Mary Maloney

• Patrick

Patrick is not doing the right thing. What does he do that is wrong?

• Leaving his pregnant wife

• Insisting on having dinner at a set time every evening

• Drinking when he is stressed

Why did the detectives do Mary a favor by eating the leg of lamb?

• The leg of lamb could not be eaten by her alone and would have spoiled

• They kept her company while she was still in shock

• Mary hit her husband over the head with it and they ate the evidence

Mary hitting Patrick with the frozen leg of lamb occurs during the

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Climax

• Resolution

Would you describe Mary as...

• Depressed, a devoted housewife, gentle, submissive, loving her husband

• Controlling, a devoted housewife, gentle, submissive, loving her husband

• Frustrated, a devoted housewife, gentle, submissive, loving her husband

• Intelligent, a devoted housewife, gentle, submissive, loving her husband

The setting of "Lamb to the slaughter" is

• A cottage by the sea in the 1950's

• A flat in the 1950's

• A house in the 1950's

• An apartment in the 1950's