Lamb to the Slaughter
The Landlady
Roald Dahl
Vocabulary
100

The main character of the story.

Who is Mary Maloney?

100

The town that the story takes place in.

What is Bath?

100

Roald Dahl's Nationality

What is British?

100

The part of speech of "punctually."

What is an adverb?

200

The news Patrick Maloney gives his wife.

What is he is leaving her?

200

What the landlady does to her pets when they die.

What is stuffs them?

200

Roald Dahl's cause of death

What is blood cancer?

200

Synonym for "tranquil."

What is quiet, peaceful, or calm?

300

Mary's alibi.

What is talking to the grocer? 

300

The two pets the landlady has.

What are a dog and a parrot?

300

Dahl's most famous work.

What is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

300

The definition of "translucent."

What is describes glowing or permitting light to pass through?

400

Who ultimately destroys the murder weapon.

Who are the police?

400

One of the other victim's names.

What is Christopher or Gregory?

400

Roald Dahl's breakout work

What is James and the Giant Peach?

400

The definition of "hearth."

What is the floors of a fireplace?

500

The type of clothes Mary was wearing.

What are maternity clothes?

500

The reader can infer that the landlady does this to her guests.

What is poison and stuff them?

500

Roald Dahl's middle name.

What is he does not have one?

500

Describes someone who is greedy, ferocious, or aggressive.

What is "rapacious?"