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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Odor of Verbena: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ringo and Bayard have growing ______ to protect their town.
(a) Fear.
(b) Joy.
(c) Conviction.
(d) Disdain.

2. Ringo asks Bayard who he thinks Granny dreamed about. Bayard says ______.
(a) Loosh.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His father.
(d) A stranger.

3. While fleeing, why does Granny refuse to sleep in the farmhouse?
(a) She likes the open air.
(b) It's too dirty.
(c) She wants to stay with the silver.
(d) She doesn't trust the people inside.

4. Where do Bayard and Ringo find Granny's body?
(a) In a vacated shack.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In her wagon.
(d) Back in their cabin.

5. How does Buck receive the story of Bayard and Ringo's journey?
(a) He is underwhelmed.
(b) He is jealous he couldn't be there.
(c) He congratulates them.
(d) He scolds them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Louisa respond to Drusilla's return home?

2. Why does Granny pray after the soldiers leave?

3. How does Drusilla change her appearance after her fiancé and father die?

4. Why did the stranger kill the black man for the boys to find?

5. Bayard remarks that, between he and Ringo, skin color and smarts didn't count anymore. What does count, in his eyes?

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