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- 1. Multiple Choice
"Her skin - for this was her sixth month with child - had acquired a wonderful translucent quality, the mouth was soft, and the eyes, with their new placid look, seemed larger, darker than before"
What does this sentence tell us?
She's pregnant
She's worried
She's looking after children
- 2. Multiple Choice
"Her skin - for this was her sixth month with child - had acquired a wonderful translucent quality, the mouth was soft, and the eyes, with their new placid look, seemed larger, darker than before."
What does acquired mean?
gained
lost
terrible
dried out
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
- 4. Multiple Choice
Before he leaves her, what does Mary Maloney's life revolve around?
Her husband, Patrick.
Her pregnancy
Her house
Her job
- 5. Multiple Choice
Where does the title, "Lamb to the Slaughter", come from?
The dinner they ate
It's an allusion to the Bible - leading the sacrificial lamb to the slaughter
The author's imagination
It's onomatopoeia
- 6. Multiple Choice
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
- 7. Multiple Choice
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
- 8. Multiple Choice
What do the policemen and detectives think killed Patrick?
a leg of lamb
a large metal object
knives
Mrs. Maloney
- 9. Multiple Choice
In the very last line - "And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to giggle." - why does Mary Maloney giggle?
She's gotten away with murder
She knows she's going to jail
She's free of her abusive husband
- 10. Multiple Choice
When the detectives are talking about the murder weapon over their meal, they say:
"'Personally, I think it's right here on the premises,'
'Probably right under our very noses. What you think, Jack?'"
What language feature is this an example of?
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
Irony
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