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

2. What does the Sartoris family hide their silver in?
(a) The floor.
(b) A trunk.
(c) The stove.
(d) A bag of laundry.

3. Why is Granny able to return home safely after visiting Colonel Dick?
(a) She has Bayard to protect her.
(b) The other Union troops are afraid of her.
(c) She takes a back road home.
(d) He writes her a letter for protection.

4. What is Bayard studying in college?
(a) Business.
(b) Law.
(c) Economics.
(d) Art.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupies all of Sartoris' time since returning from the war?

2. Loosh argues that he is as just as _______.

3. What does Aunt Louisa do when she arrives in Jefferson?

4. What does Granny offer to Colonel Dick?

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

(see the answer key)

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