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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. Where does Drusilla go after Sartoris' death?
(a) To live with her mother.
(b) Alabama.
(c) To find Redmond.
(d) To the creek.

2. Bayard becomes concerned about his father's ______ visits to town.
(a) Midnight.
(b) Infrequent.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Extended.

3. When Granny leaves, Bayard ______ himself for letting Granny go to see Grumby alone.
(a) Congratulates.
(b) Doubts.
(c) Questions.
(d) Berates.

4. What occupies all of Sartoris' time since returning from the war?
(a) Seeing Drusilla.
(b) Finding his lost mules.
(c) Comforting his son.
(d) Rebuilding his house.

5. How much did Sartoris beat Benbow by in the election?
(a) He won all the votes.
(b) Sartoris won sixty percent of the votes.
(c) He beat him by one vote.
(d) Sartoris fixed the election.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ringo believes: "The war ain't over. It just _____ good.

2. Where do Granny and Bayard end up living?

3. Why is Ringo not concerned about leaving Granny alone?

4. After Granny returns home, where is the silver?

5. In "An Odor of Verbena," Bayard describes his father as _______.

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