"Lamb to the Slaughter" REVIEW

What is the definition of foreshadowing?

The leg of the lamb is frozen solid. "She might as well have hit him with a _____ club."

Patrick: "There really needn't be any fuss. I hope not anyway." He is concerned about what?

When Mary returns home, she calls to Patrick. She finds him dead; she's shocked & does what?

A policeman thinks the weapon is still on the premises, "probably right under our very _____."

Patrick to Mary: "I'll give you money & see that you are looked after." Patrick feels _____.

Dahl explores brutality & malice & revenge. A main theme in Dahl's story involves ____.

Patrick says "Hullo" when Mary says "Hullo, darling." The difference in his response to hers is

Mary calls police & cries when they arrive. She tells her story but with one major _____.

"leg of lamb" - This is an example of _____.

Mary is questioned but not interrogated at the station bc the police do not consider her ____.

"She loved to luxuriate in the presence of this man --almost as a sunbather feels in the sun--"

This short story could be classified as a _____ thriller.

Initially, Mary waits for Patrick to get home. The story suggests that Mary ____ her husband.

"And the funny thing was he [Patrick] remained standing there. . .gently swaying." FUNNY means

Patrick says to Mary: "Sit down . . . sit down . . . Sit down . . . " This is _____.

Mary's decision to attack her husband is

What inference can the reader make about Mary's future at the end of the story?

Patrick's occupation is _____.

"Black humor" is dark & gruesome. What's an example of this strange humor in the murder story?