1. What is the meaning of the bread in prison?

2. Which of the following is NOT directly described in the text in relation to "bread"?

   A. A cozy, comfortable kitchen.

   B. A serious famine

   C. A prison

   D. A prosperous bread market.

3. Why the bread gains value in the prison?

4. In those situations where the bread gains value, what are the similarities of them?

5.  In the prison, the author states that the piece of bread offered is "subversive" and "treacherous" primarily because:

   A. The bread is moldy.

   B. The bread is a symbol to betray your comrades.

   C. The bread reminds one of your painful memories.

   D. The bread is a signal for an escape plan.

The First Day

6. How does the author foreshadow the story development (an unusual day) in the first paragraph? (should give the text about P1) give 3 examples.

7. When mother is rejected by Seaton School, what is her reaction?

A. She accepts it immediately and leaves quietly.

B. She becomes angry and argues loudly with the woman.

C. She initially protests and questions the woman, but ultimately concedes.

D. She threatens to speak to the principal.

8. What rhetorical device is used in this sentence？"My mother continues to pull out the documents with the purposefulness of a magician pulling out a long string of scarves."

A. analogy  B. personification  C. hyperbole  D. metaphor

The Red Fox Fur Coat

9. Find 3 point that shows the bank clerk is turning into a fox.

10. What is the clerk’s initial reaction upon seeing the red fox fur coat for the first time?

A. She calmly assesses its value and practicality.

B. She feels a sudden shiver of pleasure and desire.

C. She becomes anxious, worrying that she cannot afford it.

D. She hesitates, finding it too flashy.

11. Determine whether the following sentence is a physical change or a mental change？"She was intensely aware of her body; she was more alive now, more alert."

12. What happens to the bank clerk after she buys the red fox fur coat?

A. She becomes more lethargic.

B. She develops animal-like senses and behaviors.

C. She loses interest in all social activities.

D. She returns the coat due to financial pressure.

Lamb to the Slaughter

13. Why did the author use Lamb to the slaughter as a the title?

14. Why did not the author simply state what his husband had told him?

15. What is the function of the literary device suspense?

16. What is the first action Mary takes after killing her husband?

A. Practicing her smile and speech.

B. Putting the leg of lamb into the oven.

C. Going to the grocery store.

D. Calling the police.

17. The first few paragraphs' description of Mary reveals what kind of person she is?

A. A nervous and suspicious wife.

B. A wife who is deeply in love and utterly devoted to her husband.

C. A woman who is bored and dissatisfied with her life.

D. An independent woman who does not need her husband's company.

18. Find an irony from the passage.

19. What is ironic about the murder weapon and how the detectives ultimately dispose of the evidence?

20. What is the situational irony in the article?