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WorksheetsLamb to the Slaughter
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Who wrote "Lamb to the Slaughter"?
Roald Dahl
J.J. Abrams
Edgar Allan Poe
Why does Mary Maloney kill her husband Patrick?
He's leaving her
Pregnancy has made her crazy
She's tired of looking after him
She's having an affair
Where does the title, "Lamb to the Slaughter", come from?
The dinner they ate
It's an allusion to a typical saying in English
The author's imagination
It's onomatopoeia
What was the Maloney's usual habit for dinner on a Thursday night?
They ate lamb
They usually went out for dinner
They had friends around
Why does Mrs. Maloney go to the grocer?
To create an alibi
Because she needs ingredients for dinner
Because Patrick told her to
To see Sam, whom she's having an affair with
What do the policemen and detectives think killed Patrick?
a leg of lamb
a large metal object
knives
Mrs. Maloney
