Worksheet 4KKLGZ

At the beginning of the story, Mary Maloney is — plotting to kill her husband happily waiting for her husband thinking about what to make for dinner worried that her husband has betrayed her From Mary Maloney’s dialogue you know that her husband — is unemployed works for a butcher is a police officer sells life insurance The fact that the lamb is frozen is significant because — thawing it will take time it mirrors the couple’s icy relationship eating improperly thawed meat can make a person ill it could be used as a murder weapon Whom do the police first suspect when they arrive on the scene? Mrs. Maloney The husband’s co-workers An intruder The grocer The real reason Mary goes to the store is that she needs — food for dinner some time to think an alibi something to distract her Mary attempts to put the police officers at ease by — offering them drinks confessing to the crime making idle chitchat hiding the murder weapon One of the police officers thinks the murder weapon was a — kitchen knife leg of lamb wrench, or spanner pistol Mary refuses to lie down because she — feels too nervous to relax wants the officers to feel sorry for her needs to make dinner for the officers wants to keep an eye on the investigation Sergeant Noonan probably refuses to eat the lamb at first because he — works better on an empty stomach suspects that the lamb has been used as a murder weapon thinks it is unprofessional to eat on duty doesn’t want to take time away from the investigation Mary probably giggles at the end of the story because — the officers have eaten the murder weapon she is glad her husband is dead her mind has snapped she wants to charm the officers The types of irony found in “Lamb to the Slaughter” are — dramatic irony and situational irony verbal irony and ambiguity dramatic irony but no situational irony situational irony but no dramatic irony Which of the following statements best express the irony of the story’s title? A lamb generally symbolizes innocence. It was the husband who was slaughtered. The lamb and the husband were both Mary’s victims. The lamb is the murder weapon The dramatic irony of the officer’s comment that the murder weaponis “Probably right under our very noses” comes from the fact that — it really is under their noses Mary is giggling uncontrollably it is not what we expected him to say the situation is far worse than he thinks Which of the following choices is the best description of the mood the author creates in“Lamb to the Slaughter”? Darkly comic Light and breezy Neutral Eerie and menacing “Lamb to the Slaughter” is full of irony. Write a paragraph identifying one example of dramatic irony OR one example of situational irony in the story. Tell how the example is used in the story.