short stories h5 hlz

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER

main characters

Mrs. Mary Mallony

Mr.  Patrick Mallony

Sam - grocer

Jack Noonan - police officer

Charlie - police officer

books Roald Dahl

Did you like the story?
and why

What is the atmosphere of the story?

1. boredom/indifference
2. worry
3. suspense
4. routine/cosiness

What is the Patrick's job?

1. grocer
2. detective

What line suggests that this evening is different from other evenings?

Which words in the last passage break the atmosphere created in the beginning of the story?

Did Mrs. Maloney really want to kill her husband? Was it a premeditated murder?

Guess the last word of the story. What did Mrs. Maloney begin to do?

1. cry
2. giggle
3. shiver
4. walk

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. Her 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

DEBATE May 28

preparation in groups

through Teams

use arguments of the document

Group: punishment

Group: no punishment