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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapters VII-IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is Pahom paying the Bashkirs for the land?
(a) 1,500 rubles.
(b) 500 rubles.
(c) 1,000 rubles.
(d) Nothing.

2. When, in the beginning of Chapter VIII, the Bashkirs "ascended" the shikhan, what did they do?
(a) They signed an agreement.
(b) They sacrificed a sheep.
(c) They climbed up a hill.
(d) They brewed their morning tea.

3. Where is Pahom when his wife and her sister are talking?
(a) Resting in his cot.
(b) Working in the field.
(c) Lying on the stove.
(d) Bringing in loads of wood.

4. How do the Bashkirs react to Pahom's arrival?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They send for their chief.
(c) They prepare a feast for him.
(d) They are very suspicious.

5. Once Pahom is able to rent land to put in more crops, what is his next complaint?
(a) The land dealers are cheating him.
(b) The land is too far from the village.
(c) The land is not good for growing what he wants to grow.
(d) It is too expensive to rent land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pahom's wife defend their life to her sister?

2. Pahon sees that the land of the Bashkirs is "black as the seed of a poppy." What figure of speech is used here?

3. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?

4. In Chapter V, whom does Pahom leave in charge of his homestead while he is gone?

5. What does Pahom remind himself of in order to keep himself going when he gets tired on his walk?

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