Before Patrick returned home, Mary waited in a calm mood, completely unaccustomed to the terrible news he was about to deliver.

A) unaccustomed
B) jealous
C) vacant
D) gallant

2. When Patrick informed Mary that he was leaving her, she felt a wave of deep sadness and found her situation incredibly hard to bear.

A) bachelor
B) hard
C) dismal
D) keen

3. Instead of trying to conceal her true feelings or put up a fight, Mary went down to the basement freezer in a state of shock.

A) recline
B) conceal
C) qualify
D) wager

4. After striking Patrick on the back of the head with the frozen leg of lamb, Mary stood looking down at his motionless corpse on the floor.

A) data
B) oath
C) corpse
D) peril

5. Realizing she faced immense peril if the police discovered she was the killer, Mary quickly devised a plan to save herself and her unborn child.

A) peril
B) tact
C) bachelor
D) recline

6. At the grocery store, Mary spoke with carefully practiced tact to make Sam believe everything was normal at home.

A) hardship
B) tact
C) corpse
D) peril

7. Returning home, Mary acted surprised and let out a frantic shriek when she saw her dead husband lying on the floor.
A) shriek
B) oath
C) data
D) wager

8. Investigating police officers searched the house for a murder weapon with a keen edge or heavy blunt surface.
A) vacant
B) keen
C) dismal
D) gallant

9. Officer Jack Noonan spoke in a polite and gallant manner as he attempted to comfort the grieving pregnant widow.

A) sinister
B) gallant
C) vacant
D) jealous

10. Exhausted from searching the house, the officers were persuaded to recline in the kitchen and eat the cooked lamb chop.

A) abandon
B) conceal
C) recline
D) qualify