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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 Sartoris relocate the voting to?
(a) The post office.
(b) The old slave cabins.
(c) His house.
(d) The next town.

2. Why can't Buck continue on with the boys?
(a) He's banned from the next town.
(b) He is too old and tired.
(c) He has to take Ab back to town.
(d) His wound is too infected.

3. How did Bayard's mother die?
(a) In the war.
(b) It's still a mystery.
(c) A farming accident.
(d) In childbirth.

4. Why does Bayard go to the creek?
(a) To scatter his father's ashes.
(b) To fish.
(c) To avoid the funeral.
(d) To find Ringo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Buck decide which slaves he sets free?

2. What does the Sartoris family use for ink?

3. Why do Ringo and Bayard spy on Loosh?

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

5. Why does Sartoris see himself as a victim to the Union?

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