<p> Questions for "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl</p><p>Directions: Answer each question on a separate sheet of loose leaf paper using complete sentences. </p><p> o Make sure that you fully explain your answers. </p><p>1. What sort of story does the title lead us to expect? </p><p>2. What do the first three paragraphs of the story suggest about Mary Maloney’s relationship with her husband? </p><p>3. Before Mr. Maloney tells his wife shocking news, what THREE (3) clues are there that this particular evening is going to be different than usual? </p><p>4. What does Mr. Maloney tell his wife that is shocking and that, initially, she has trouble believing? </p><p>5. How would you have expected Mrs. Maloney to have reacted to the shocking news? </p><p>6. Explain your opinion about how Mrs. Maloney handles things after the murder.</p><p>7. Near the end of the story the author writes: "…their voices thick and sloppy because their mouths were full of meat."</p><p> o What does this detailed image do for the story?</p><p>8. Find another quote from the story that creates a specific detailed image. </p><p> o Write the quote AND explain what the detailed image does for the story.</p><p>9. Explain how the author shows a character’s thoughts or feelings.</p><p>10. What do the thoughts and feelings that you wrote about for question #9 do for the story?</p>