THE LEG OF LAMB

Questions:

1. Describe the situation / room.

2. Who was Mary Maloney? Describe her.
3. Who was she waiting for?
4. When did he arrive?
5. What did she do?
6. Where did her husband sit?
7. What was he doing with the glass?
8. Why was that always a wonderful time for her?
9. What was the unusual thing her husband did?
10. What did he do then?
11. Why did she offer him some cheese?
12. Why did she insist on getting some food?
13. Why did she get frightened?
14. Describe the situation / room.
15. Why was she watching him in shock?
16. What do you think he could have told her?
17. Why did he say “… its rather a bad time”?
18. What was her first reaction?
19. Why do you think she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor?
20. Where did she go to get some food?
21. Did she choose what to have for supper? Why?
22. What did she see when she got upstairs?
23. What did she do?
24. What was her reaction?
25. What was she thinking about?
26. What did she do with the meat?
27. What did she do in her bedroom?
28. Where did she go?
29. What did she say about her husband Patrick?
30. Describe the situation.
31. What did she tell herself when she was going home?
32. What happened when she entered the house?
33. What happened when the police arrived?
34. Which were the names of the officers?
35. What did she tell the police?
36. What did the police tell her about the murder?
37. What happened when she asked for a drink?
38. Who went to the kitchen and warned her about the cooker?
39. How did she persuade the police officers to eat the leg of lamb?
40. Why did Mary Maloney begin to laugh?