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

2. Why do the Sartoris' have reservations about Ab?
(a) He's untrustworthy.
(b) He acts suspicious.
(c) He's a man.
(d) They've heard rumors.

3. How does Grumby try to disarm Bayard and Ringo?
(a) With a gun.
(b) By distracting them.
(c) With pleasant words.
(d) By fighting them.

4. Why are the women of Jefferson concerned for Drusilla?
(a) They think she's sick.
(b) They think she's traumatized by the war.
(c) They think she's having an affair with Sartoris.
(d) They think she takes too many risks.

5. What does Bayard see in Ab's eyes when he talks to him?
(a) Desperation.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Louisa letdown by election day?

2. How is Ab when Bayard, Ringo and Buck find him?

3. At the beginning of "Ambuscade," what map is Bayard drawing?

4. Why do many slaves begin betraying their masters?

5. The travel of findings Grumby and Ab is ______.

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