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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. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?
(a) He does not supervise his cattle properly.
(b) He refuses to sell seed to those who do not own their own land.
(c) He demands payment of the peasants' outstanding loans.
(d) He fines them when their animals trespass on his employer's land.

2. Why does Pahom end up taking his neighbors to court?
(a) Their animals trespass on his land.
(b) The refuse to pay him the rent that they owe him.
(c) They disagree about the boundary of his land.
(d) They steal his crops.

3. In the beginning of Chapter VII, how far does Pahom plan to walk the next day?
(a) 3miles.
(b) 35 miles.
(c) 15 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the dealer tell Pahom he did before bargaining for the Bashkir land?

4. What does the stranger staying at Pahom's house overnight tell Pahom?

5. How does Pahom react to his dream?

(see the answer key)

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