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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 has changed since the boys went looking for Grumby and Ab?
(a) A new war has started.
(b) Jefferson has been destroyed.
(c) The war has ended.
(d) Drusilla and John are married.

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

3. How do the slaves respond to Loosh explaining the Union is coming to free them?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They kick him out.
(c) They hug and kiss him.
(d) They get angry at Loosh.

4. How long do Ringo and Bayard wait on the road?
(a) A week.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Ten hours.
(d) Two days.

5. How does Granny gain Colonel Dick's sympathy?
(a) She tells a story of her starving grandchildren.
(b) She pretends to be injured.
(c) She tells him the story of her mules being stolen.
(d) She tells him a story about the abusive Confederates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Drusilla presents Bayard with two ________.

2. What first begins to concern Bayard about Ab's genuineness?

3. Why does Redmond miss Bayard when he shoots at him?

4. Granny's wagon is pushed into the river by a "_____" of slaves.

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

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