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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. When Pahom piles up "turf," what is he piling up?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Flat pieces of wood cut horizontally across the trunk.
(c) Mutton bones.
(d) Chunks of grass and its root system.

2. When Pahom feels "aggrieved," what is he feeling?
(a) Sad for something he has lost.
(b) So angry he cannot think clearly.
(c) As if someone has harmed him.
(d) Greedy.

3. What reaction do the peasants have when they hear rumors about the sale of the land?
(a) They beg the woman not to sell her land.
(b) They go to court to try to add the land to the commune.
(c) They decide that they need to buy it themselves.
(d) They celebrate, because they do not like the landowner.

4. In Chapter V, whom does Pahom leave in charge of his homestead while he is gone?
(a) His sons.
(b) His "man" (employee).
(c) His brother-in-law.
(d) His wife.

5. What is the "steppe" Pahom is headed for at the end of Chapter VII?
(a) An area where horses are temporarily kept.
(b) A marshy place where irrigation water can be drawn.
(c) A thick forest on the flat top of a hill.
(d) Flat, grassy land without trees.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How far does Pahom travel to find the Bashkirs?

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

5. How much land is the chief offering Pahom?

(see the answer key)

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