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WorksheetsLamb to the Slaughter
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
2. From Mary’s dialogue, the reader knows that her husband -
a. is unemployed
is a police officer
works for a butcher
sells life insurance
3. Mary “loved to luxuriate in the presence of” her husband. What does luxuriate mean?
a. to enjoy something
b. to be confused
c. to make someone feel less sadness
d. to be helpful
4. The reader can reasonably infer that Patrick informs his wife -
that he was fired
that he is leaving her
that he is getting a promotion
that they are moving
5. What are Mary’s first thoughts after killing her husband?
a. All right. So I’ve killed him.
b. Oh dear lord what have I done.
c. He deserved to what he got.
d. I must call the police.
6. What is Mary's motive for trying to cover up her crime?
She's afraid to get the death penalty or go to jail.
She's ashamed of what she has done.
She's protecting her unborn child.
She doesn't want her friends to fond out.
7. The real reason that Mary goes shopping for groceries is -
a. to obtain food for dinner
b. she wants to confess to Sam, the grocery clerk
c. she needs some fresh air
d. she needs an alibi, or excuse
8. Who do the police first suspect committed the murder when they arrive on the scene?
a. Mrs. Maloney
b. the neighbors
c. an intruder (someone who entered the house without permission)
d. the grocer
9. One of the police officers believes that the murder weapon was -
a. a sharp knife
b. a poison
c. a heavy blunt instrument
d. a gun
10. Which of the following shows situational irony?
a. Calm, loving Mary violently kills her husband.
b. The police officer goes to the grocer’s.
c. Patrick is a police officer.
d. The doctor says that Patrick’s skull was smashed.
11. Dramatic irony takes place when -
a. Mary tells the detectives that she would like a drink
b. The detectives are eating the leg of lamb and the reader knows that they are eating the weapon, but they don’t
c. Mary feels too ill to leave
d. Mary goes to the grocer’s
12. According to Dahl's depiction of characters and events, who is the protagonist in this story?
Patrick Maloney
Mary Maloney
the detectives
the grocer
13. (adjective) not easily upset or excited; easygoing
weary
frantic
placid
peculiar
14. (adjective) : upset with fear of anxiety; acting in a hurried way
bewildered
placid
frantic
weary
15. (noun) a package or collection of things wrapped in paper
premises
parcel
congeal
luxuriate
16. (verb) delight or take pleasure in
placid
congeal
bewilder
luxuriate
(verb) to confuse completely
weary
luxutiate
bewilder
congeal
18. (adjective) feeling or showing tiredness
placid
luxuriate
frantic
weary
(noun) a piece of land or property
parcel
premises
peculiar
placid
(adjective) : unusual or not normal
placid
wear
bewilder
peculiar
1. At the beginning of the story, Mary Maloney is -
a. plotting to kill her husband
b. thinking about what to make for dinner
c. happily waiting for her husband
d. worried that her husband has betrayed her (let her down)
