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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 land is the chief offering Pahom?
(a) All the land that he can see.
(b) Whichever land he points to.
(c) As much land as he can walk around from dawn to dusk.
(d) 13,000 thousand acres.

2. What crop does Pahom grow at the new settlement?
(a) Turnips.
(b) Beets.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wheat.

3. Which character thinks that "Busy as we are from childhood tilling Mother Earth, we peasants have no time to let any nonsense settle in our heads"?
(a) Pahom's sister-in-law.
(b) Simon.
(c) Pahom.
(d) Pahom's wife.

4. The Bashkirs "tether" their colts behind their homes. What does this mean that they do?
(a) They keep young cows in pens behind their homes.
(b) They keep young cows tied behind their homes.
(c) They keep young horses in pens behind their homes.
(d) They keep young horses tied behind their homes.

5. While the sisters talk, who is hiding behind the oven?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) Simon.
(c) Pahom's brother-in-law.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of land is "fallow"?

2. The haze of heat that makes it difficult for Pahom to see clearly might logically be meant to remind the reader of what?

3. Which character thinks "I'll give you land enough; and by means of that land I will get you into my power"?

4. Which character says that "Loss and gain are brothers twain"?

5. How much land does Pahom agree to buy in the new settlement?

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