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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. Why can Pahom not plant the same crop on his land in the second year?
(a) He does not have enough money.
(b) The market for the crop has fallen.
(c) The commune is out of seed for that crop.
(d) It would violate the commune's crop rotation rules.

2. Which character says that "Loss and gain are brothers twain"?
(a) Pahom's wife.
(b) Pahom's sister-in-law.
(c) The local landowner.
(d) Pahom.

3. How does Pahom's wife defend their life to her sister?
(a) She says that their life is quiet and ordinary.
(b) She says that living in the countryside is more moral.
(c) She says that their life is steady and safe.
(d) She says that someday Pahom will make them rich.

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

5. How do Pahom's neighbors retaliate when he takes them to court?
(a) They get him kicked out of the commune.
(b) They burn down his barn.
(c) They press charges against him in court.
(d) They let their animals trespass on his land on purpose.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which character thinks "I'll give you land enough; and by means of that land I will get you into my power"?

4. In which situation might someone "grease your palm"?

5. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?

(see the answer key)

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