Short stories suspense

LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER

How is Mary Maloney initially characterised?

1. As a pregnant woman at home
2. As a devoted but ignorant wife
3. she luxuriates in her husband's presence as a sunbather towards the sun
4. As a cunning and calculating protagonist

Why does the writer not specify what Mr Malony told Mary?

1. To focus not on the adultary but on Mary's response
2. To create suspense about what had happened
3. Because it is obvious what happened
4. Because adultary was considered quite an offence when the story was written

How does Mary respond to the bad news?

1. She grabs the leg of lamb and hits Patrick over the head
2. He actions are automatic, but calm until she has killed him and awakes as from a shock
3. She is furious and smashses his head in
4. She pretends to be calm, but then kills Patrick with a leg of lamb

Why does she go grocery shopping?

1. She needs some vegetables to go with the lamb
2. The Police would never believe her if she served the lamb without vegetables
3. She needed fresh air to calm down and think about what to do next
4. It's her aliby, that Sam saw her when Patrick supposedly got killed

which sentence in the story is most ironic?

1. Get the weapon, and you’ve got the man
2. That’s why it ought to be easy to find.”
3. Probably right under our very noses
4. She wants us to finish it. She said so. Be doing her a favor

Why is the title of Dahl´s story appropriate?

What does the reader add to the perspective of the 3rd person narration?

What is particular about Alois' response to the baby?

1. He is not very enthusiastic
2. His outright rejection of the child
3. He talks about the child as if it was an animal
4. He is drunk and rude

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The Open Window

How does the author create an opportunity for Vera to tell her lengthy flashback?

1. The events she describes occured 3 years earlier
2. The hunting party is late returning
3. Vera speaks rapidly and dramatically
4. Mr. Nuttel has to wait some time for Vera's aunt to appear

How does Vera's fanciful flashback have ironic consequences?

1. Vera's aunt is puzzled by Mr. Nuttels abrupt departure
2. Visiting his neighbors does nothing to help Framton's nerves
3. The hunting party looks exactly the way Vera described it
4. Mr. Nuttel believes every word of Vera's tall tale

Why does Framton deseperately want to change the topic with Mrs. Sappleton?

The ending is an example of..

1. a symbol
2. a conflict
3. a plot twist
4. satire