LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER Comprehension & Vocabulary Quiz

What is Mr. Maloney's job?

• Minister, member of the clergy

• Butcher

• Police detective

• Stockbroker

Dramatic Irony occurs

• when the audience (reader) knows something that the characters do not.

• when the reader or audience is left in suspense.

• when the characters know more than the reader.

• when too much drama is happening.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Refers to clear or see-through item

• placid

• translucent

• instinct

• merely

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Who is our main character?

• Molly O'Hare

• Mary Maloney

• Maya Reed

• Maria Stavos

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

While often glancing up at the clock, Mrs. Maloney is waiting for...

• her children to come home from school.

• her seamless order.

• her husband to come home from work.

• her friend to arrive.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Mr. Maloney loves his wife just as much and was very talkative when he got home from work.

• True

• Maybe

• False

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

The thief hasn't left the _______________, he must still be in the building.

• consoling

• Premises

• hospitality

• anxiety

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

When Mrs. Maloney notices her husband drinking more than usual, she offers him cheese and meat from the freezer. Why hasn't Mrs. Maloney made dinner already?

• It's Thursday and they have plans to eat out.

• He has arrived late after she already has eaten.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

Why does Mary go to the grocery store?

• To create an alibi.

• To talk to Sam.

• To get food for dinner.

• To clear her mind.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

A feeling or showing tiredness

• bewilder

• premises

• weary

• sideboard

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4