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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 do Bayard and Ringo request from Uncle Buck after Granny's funeral?
(a) Money.
(b) A place to live.
(c) A gun.
(d) Advice.

3. Granny's wagon is pushed into the river by a "_____" of slaves.
(a) Mob.
(b) Storm.
(c) Tide.
(d) Wall.

4. How forthcoming is Buck to the stranger?
(a) He explains who they are looking for.
(b) He makes up a story about a lost horse.
(c) He stay silent until the man leaves.
(d) He hints at their objective but doesn't say much.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Compson approach Drusilla when she returns home?

2. How does Granny gain Colonel Dick's sympathy?

3. What occupies Drusilla's time when she returns home from the war?

4. How did Bayard's mother die?

5. How does Drusilla change her appearance after her fiancé and father die?

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