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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 do Ringo and Bayard steal after being ambushed?
(a) Guns.
(b) Food.
(c) A horse.
(d) A wagon.

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

3. How does Mrs. Compson know Louisa?
(a) She was Drusilla's nanny.
(b) She is her sister.
(c) She is from the same town.
(d) She's a friend of Granny.

4. Why does Colonel Dick leave Granny's house?
(a) He respects her resolve.
(b) He's tired of looking.
(c) He believes her story.
(d) He feels bad for intruding.

5. Which regiment was Sartoris voted out of?
(a) None of them.
(b) His pretend regiment.
(c) His second.
(d) His first.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Bayard and Ringo hear Ab has gone?

2. Why is Granny hesitant about the last scheme?

3. Why was Louisa letdown by election day?

4. When does Bayard see Drusilla after Louisa arrives?

5. How does Granny try to ensure not being caught by the Union in her scheme?

(see the answer key)

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