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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. What does Bayard do when he sees Ab?
(a) He sets him free.
(b) He spits on him.
(c) He calls for the police.
(d) He beats him.

2. Why does Bayard kill Grumby?
(a) Grumby killed Granny.
(b) Grumby tried to shoot him.
(c) Grumby will never stop stealing.
(d) Grumby spoke ill of Bayard's mother.

3. What was Granny's disturbing dream at the beginning of "Retreat"?
(a) Someone finds their silver.
(b) The Union wins the war.
(c) Someone burns her house.
(d) Someone takes Bayard.

4. In "An Odor of Verbena," Bayard describes his father as _______.
(a) Fickle.
(b) Dictatorial.
(c) Stubborn.
(d) Vengeful.

5. How did the Union discover the silver?
(a) They have a sixth sense.
(b) They followed Granny home.
(c) Sartoris tells them.
(d) Loosh tells them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ab tell Granny he admires about her?

2. When the Union soldiers arrive at Sartoris' house looking for him, he escapes by pretending to be a deaf _______.

3. When his father returns home, Bayard observes he has the "smell of ______."

4. What does Redmond do after shooting at Bayard?

5. Why does Bayard go to the creek?

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