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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. Which character thinks "I'll give you land enough; and by means of that land I will get you into my power"?
(a) Simon.
(b) Pahom's brother-in-law.
(c) The devil.
(d) The local landowner.

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

3. The haze of heat that makes it difficult for Pahom to see clearly might logically be meant to remind the reader of what?
(a) How tired Pahom is.
(b) That it is summer.
(c) The earlier threat neighbors made to burn his buildings.
(d) The heat of hell.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the Bashkirs react when Pahom asks for land?

3. How much is Pahom paying the Bashkirs for the land?

4. When, in the beginning of Chapter VIII, the Bashkirs "ascended" the shikhan, what did they do?

5. Why can Pahom not plant the same crop on his land in the second year?

(see the answer key)

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