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Lamb to the Slaughter

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

a)

Roald Dahl

b)

J.J. Abrams

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

2.
What is Mr. Maloney’s job?
a)
Minister, member of the clergy
b)
Police detective
c)
Butcher
d)
Stock broker
3.
What is Mrs. Maloney’s motive for going to get the lamb from the freezer?
a)
She wants to use it to hit Patrick.
b)
She is nauseated at the idea of eating what she already made for dinner.
c)
She thinks she should go about her business as usual and then things will be all right.
d)
She thinks she can win Patrick back with her cooking.
4.
What is Mrs. Maloney’s reaction as her husband gives his “news” to her?
a)
She goes from anger to horror.
b)
She goes from horror to disbelief.
c)
She goes from bliss to fury.
d)
She becomes violent immediately.
5.
Which pair of words best describes Mrs. Maloney’s actions after she kills her husband?
a)
Frightened and shocked
b)
Light-hearted and funny
c)
Careful and honest
d)
Resolute and clever
6.
Why does Mrs. Maloney go to see Sam?
a)
She needs vegetables to go with the lamb.
b)
Patrick has decided he wants to eat dinner.
c)
She needs someone such as Sam to be a witness that she was out of the house when the murder was committed.
d)
She doesn’t understand that Patrick is already dead.
7.

Why does Mary Maloney kill her husband Patrick?

a)

He's leaving her

b)

Pregnancy has made her crazy

c)

She's tired of looking after him

d)

She's having an affair

8.

Where does the title, "Lamb to the Slaughter", come from?

a)

The dinner they ate

b)

It's an allusion to a typical saying in English

c)

The author's imagination

d)

It's onomatopoeia

9.

What was the Maloney's usual habit for dinner on a Thursday night?

a)

They ate lamb

b)

They usually went out for dinner

c)

They had friends around

10.

Why does Mrs. Maloney go to the grocer?

a)

To create an alibi

b)

Because she needs ingredients for dinner

c)

Because Patrick told her to

d)

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

11.

What do the policemen and detectives think killed Patrick?

a)

a leg of lamb

b)

a large metal object

c)

knives

d)

Mrs. Maloney