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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) The innkeeper.
(b) Simon.
(c) The devil.
(d) Pahom's brother-in-law.

2. Although Pahom is afraid that he might actually die of the effort, why does he keep running toward the Bashkir?
(a) He cannot afford to lose a thousand rubles.
(b) He keeps remembering what his sister-in-law said about him to his wife.
(c) He does not want to be thought a fool.
(d) He sees that they are leaving with his horses.

3. What kind of land is "fallow"?
(a) Land that is well-irrigated.
(b) Land that has been fertilized.
(c) Land that is being allowed to rest in between crops.
(d) Land that has many small hills and valleys.

4. What bothers Pahom the most about the stripping of bark from his trees?
(a) Whoever did it also let his cows out of their pen.
(b) Whoever did it cut down a whole clump of trees.
(c) He hates the idea of a stranger being on his land.
(d) He hates the idea of trees being wasted in this way.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reaction do the peasants have when they hear rumors about the sale of the land?

2. Why does Pahom hesitate before setting out on his walk?

3. What does the older sister brag about?

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

5. The story opens with two sisters. What does the older sister's husband do for a living?

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