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

2. What does Pahom remind himself of in order to keep himself going when he gets tired on his walk?
(a) His wife and sons are counting on him.
(b) He has already walked for hundreds of miles to get to the land of the Bashkirs.
(c) It is a short time to suffer for a lifetime of benefit.
(d) If he succeeds, he will be the wealthiest man he knows.

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

4. Who is the first person that the local landowner offers to sell her land to?
(a) Pahom.
(b) The innkeeper.
(c) The leader of the commune.
(d) Simon.

5. What strange thing does the person in Pahom's dream do?
(a) Turns into several other characters from the story.
(b) Ties Pahom's feet together so that he cannot walk.
(c) Lets loose all of the Bahkir animals.
(d) Sets his bed on fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the dream that Pahom has on the night before his big walk, who is the person that he first sees laughing outside?

2. Who is the man in the large fox-fur hat?

3. When, in the beginning of Chapter IV, Pahom "stood treat" to the elders, what does this mean he did?

4. What is the second item of clothing that Pahom removes?

5. When Pahom is only on the second leg of his walk, what does he notice?

(see the answer key)

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