Lamb to the Slaughter
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- Q1Roald Dahl begins his short story with a description of the Maloney living room: “The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight – hers and the one by the empty chair opposite.” The two word choices in the opening sentence that suggest distance and separation are ______ and ______.two, oneroom, lampsempty, oppositeclean, alight60s
- Q2Mary Maloney waits for her husband to return home from work. She is an attentive wife and a good housekeeper. While waiting for his return, Mary watches the clock “to please herself with the thought that each minute gone by made it nearer the time he would come home.” Mary ________ her husband.suspectslovesdoubtsrejects60s
- Q3Mary is content with her middle class life and looks forward to the future because she is _______.pregnantmovingabout to graduatestarting a new job60s
- Q4To pass the time while she waits for her husband’s arrival home, Mary _______.sewscrochetsscrapbooksknits60s
- Q5Patrick is a ________.firemanpolicemandelivery mancarpenter60s
- Q6Patrick Maloney is punctual; he arrives home from work every day at ten minutes to five. Mary greets him with “Hullo, darling,” but he merely replies “Hullo,” leaving off the term of endearment. This omission could be considered to be an example of ________.foreshadowingsimilesymbolismirony60s
- Q7Mary knows Patrick likes to sit and have a drink before they talk. When he enters their home, she hangs up his coat and makes two whiskey and sodas. Mary is accommodating and compliant, “She made the drinks, a strongish one for him, a weak one for herself.” The drinks could be considered examples of _____.symbolismsimileironyforeshadowing60s