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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. Pahon sees that the land of the Bashkirs is "black as the seed of a poppy." What figure of speech is used here?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Metaphor.

2. What is Pahom's first reaction when he learns that people are moving to a new settlement?
(a) He thinks that maybe he can buy their land.
(b) He worries that there will not be enough workers for his land.
(c) He wants to sell his land and move.
(d) He tries to get their share of the commune lands.

3. What is the "kumiss" that the Bashkir women make?
(a) A goat's milk cheese.
(b) Fermented sheep's milk.
(c) Fermented horse milk.
(d) A cow's milk cheese.

4. Why can Pahom not plant the same crop on his land in the second year?
(a) It would violate the commune's crop rotation rules.
(b) The commune is out of seed for that crop.
(c) The market for the crop has fallen.
(d) He does not have enough money.

5. What does Pahom do when the court rules against him?
(a) He quits the commune in protest.
(b) He tries to appeal the case.
(c) He strips someone else's trees in revenge.
(d) He accuses the judges of taking bribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pahom when his wife and her sister are talking?

2. How long does Pahom plan to walk before he makes his first turn?

3. How many acres does Pahom buy in his first land purchase?

4. What does the expression "racked his brains" mean?

5. 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"?

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