Vocabulary
Strange or odd
What is peculiar.
Mary Maloney's job is...
What is housewife.
What causes Mary to strike her husband with the leg of lamb?
What is Patrick telling her that he is leaving her.
Who is the author of this short story?
Who is Roald Dahl.
Not easily upset or excited
What is placid
Mary's husband's job is...
What is a police officer.
What does Mary do with the murder weapon?
What is cooks it in the oven.
What is irony?
What is
What is... The opposite of what readers expect happens.
To take pleasure in great comfort
The name of the first police officer on the scene is...
Who is Jack Noonan.
The decade the story most likely takes place.
What is the 1950's
What do the detectives believe the weapon is?
What is a blunt metal instrument.
We as the readers know that Mary killed her husband with a leg of lamb, while the detectives do not. What type of irony is this?
Situational, verbal or dramatic
What is dramatic irony.
To gush up
What is welled.
The name of the grocer that Mary buys her produce from...
What is Sam.
What time of the day does Patrick get home from work that day?
What is a little before 5:00 pm.
Where does Mary go after she has struck her husband with the leg of lamb?
What is the grocery store.
The detectives are talking about finding the murder weapon as they eat it. (and that the murderer is in the very next room). What type of irony is this?
Dramatic, situational or verbal.
Dramatic or situational
To turn from a liquid into a solid
What is congealed.
Mary is how many months with child?
What is 6 months.
At what time of the day does most of this story occur?
What is the evening.
Why does Mary go to the grocery store?
What is to purchase vegetables/ set up an alibi.
What dessert does Mary buy at the grocery store?
What is cheesecake