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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. The travel of findings Grumby and Ab is ______.
(a) Easy.
(b) Cold and wet.
(c) Treacherous.
(d) Hot and humid.

2. What makes it clear that Granny doesn't trust Ab?
(a) She hides her money.
(b) She shivers when he enters the room.
(c) She counts her money several times a day.
(d) She never talks to him.

3. As the Union soldiers leave Sartoris' burning house, how does Granny respond?
(a) She shoots at them.
(b) She curses them.
(c) She cries.
(d) She is indifferent.

4. ]Why don't the Union soldiers take Granny's mules?
(a) They got distracted.
(b) She already gave them to Ringo and Bayard.
(c) They's not worth taking.
(d) They feel bad for her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ringo and Bayard are _____ years old in "Raid."

2. Why are the Burdens in Jefferson?

3. Why isn't Uncle Buck fighting in the army?

4. When the Union soldiers arrive at Sartoris' house looking for him, he escapes by pretending to be a deaf _______.

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

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