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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapters IV-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Pahom.
(b) Pahom's sister-in-law.
(c) Simon.
(d) Pahom's wife.

2. In which situation might someone "grease your palm"?
(a) If you were trying to do something you had never done before.
(b) If you were asking to have them predict your future.
(c) If you were getting ready to do manual labor.
(d) If you were judging a contest they were in.

3. The story opens with two sisters. What does the older sister's husband do for a living?
(a) He is an innkeeper.
(b) He is a tradesman.
(c) He is a commune leader.
(d) He is a farmer.

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

5. What is surprising about the chief of the Bashkirs?
(a) He speaks Russian.
(b) He refuses Pahom's gifts.
(c) He is incredibly old.
(d) He claims to know Pahom.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Pahom's land is "arable," what is true of his land?

2. Once Pahom is able to rent land to put in more crops, what is his next complaint?

3. Why does Pahom end up taking his neighbors to court?

4. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?

5. What is Pahom's first reaction when he learns that people are moving to a new settlement?

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