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LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, Roald Dahl, , , , , , , , , , Introduction, , Roald Dahl(1916-1919) was a British novelist, short story writer and poet. His first, published work A Piece of Cake, in the Saturday evening post was an account of the incident when, he was at the Royal Air force., , Exercises, 1. Why does Mrs Maloney go to the store to purchase groceries?, She needs an alibi to prove that she was not at home, 2 What was Mr Maloney?, Mr Maloney was a detective, 3 .What was Mrs Maloney’s intention in getting the lamb from the freezer?, She thinks that if she goes back to her business then things would turn normal, 4.Who is Jack Noonan?, Jack Noonan is a policeman, IL-Answer the following questions in a sentence or two each, , 1. What might be the probable reasons for Patrick to leave his wife?, , The probable reasons are Patrick might have fallen in love with another woman or may be, blackmailed or might be chased by enemies., , 2. Pick out the evidence from the story to show that Patrick is uneasy about revealing to his wife, that he is leaving her?, , Patrick was uneasy as he did an unusual thing. He lifted his glass and drained it in one, swallow although there was still half of it. Whenever Mrs Maloney asked about the fetching the, food or slippers he just told her to sit down. Before he disclosed about his intention to leave her,, he kept his head down and was nervous. He knew very well that it would be a shock for her .He, told her that he thought about it a good deal and has decided to tell her right away., , 3 .“It wasn't till then that she began to get frightened "what finally frightened Mrs Maloney?, , When Mrs Maloney offered to cook something for Patrick and got up to go to kitchen, he, asked her to sit down. When she repeatedly insisted that she would get something for him, he, asked her to sit down at least for a minute. This showed that he wanted to tell something to her .It, was then that she began to get frightened., , 4 .How did Mary react to Patrick's news?, , Ways with Words, , ‘SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, , When Mary heard the news her first instinct was not to believe any of it, to reject it all. It, occurred to her that perhaps he hadn’t even spoken, that she herself had imagined the whole thing., She thought that if she went about her business and acted as though she hadn't been listening then, , she might find none of it had ever happened.