Short Story Round Up Quiz 2023

Mary Maloney snapped when her husband told her he was leaving her. Fix it!

• Mary Maloney snapped at her husband's decision to leave.

• Mrs. Maloney goes berserk when her husband announced he wanted a divorce.

• Mary Maloney snaps when her husband announces he is leaving her.

• Mary Maloney snapped and smacked her guy with a leg 'o lamb.

And I know its kind of a bad time to be telling you (add punctuation and citation)

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Which sentence has a smoothly embedded quotation?

• "It wasn't until then that she began to get frightened" (Dahl 2).

• Mrs. Maloney says to herself, "All right...So I've killed him" (Dahl 3).

• The police say, "Get the weapon and you've got the man. " (Dahl 5)

• Jack asks if she would "like a drink?" (Dahl 6).

Which statement has self-conscious phrasing?

• The quote that proves she is guilty is "I think he's dead" (Dahl 4).

• Another example of dramatic irony is when she giggles at the end of the story.

• This shows that she knows more than we do.

• "Probably right under our noses" is a quote that shows how clueless the detectives are.

Which sentence has correct use of literary present tense?

• Mr. Maloney left his wife for another woman.

• Mrs. Maloney used the leg of lamb to murder her husband.

• The police do not understand that Mrs. Maloney tricks them.

• Sam has no idea that Mrs. Maloney killed Patrick.

What does luxuriate mean?

• to bathe or bask in

• to purchase expensive items

• to find evidence of a crime

• to lie to an authority

Alibi is a word from Latin meaning

• Not guilty

• In another place

• Without any evidence

• Legally free

Dahl suggests the police make assumptions because

• Mr. Maloney played around on his wife.

• Mrs. Maloney is a woman.

• The living room is disturbed as if there was a scuffle.

• Mrs. Maloney is short.

Roald Dahl is also the author of

• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

• Life of Pi

• B(ig) F(riendly) G(iant)

• James and the Giant Peach

Based on the word form "pre-meditated," is Patrick Maloney's murder pre-meditated?

• Yes

• No