Lamb to the Slaughter Review

What is Mr. Maloney's job?

• minister, member of the clergy

• fire chief

• butcher

• police detective

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is Mrs. Maloney's motive for going to get the leg of lamb from the freezer?

• She wants to use it to hit Patrick

• She does not want to eat what she made for dinner

• She thinks that if she acts normal, everything will be okay

• She thinks she can win Patrick back with her cooking

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Mrs. Maloney act after she kills her husband?

• frightened

• light-hearted

• honest

• determined

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Mrs. Maloney go to the grocery store?

• She needs vegetables to go with the lamb

• She wants to create an alibi

• Patrick has decided he wants to eat dinner at home

• She doesn't understand that Patrick is already dead

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the name of the lead detective on the case?

• Patrick Maloney

• Jack Noonan

• Mary Maloney

• Lebron James

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What do the detectives do that they know is against police rules?

• They search her house without a warrant

• They drink whiskey while still on the job

• They treat Mrs. Maloney kindly

• They eat the murder weapon

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who is the protagonist?

• Patrick Maloney

• Jack Noonan

• Chief O'Malley

• Mary Maloney

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why does Patrick say, "I know this is kind of a bad time to be telling you"?

• Mary is dying of cancer

• Mary is having a fight with her best friend

• Mary is pregnant

• Mary does not love her husband anymore

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What happens to the murder weapon?

• The detectives eat it

• Mary Maloney buries it

• The detectives find it in the home

• Mary Maloney burns it

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Mary Maloney was a kind and caring wife" is an example of what?

• Foreshadowing

• Theme

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3