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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. What is an important value among the Bashkirs?
(a) Love for the land.
(b) Reciprocity.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Education.

2. When Pahom "inquired" how to find the Bashkirs, what did he do?
(a) Asked.
(b) Researched.
(c) Wondered.
(d) Planned.

3. When Pahom feels "aggrieved," what is he feeling?
(a) So angry he cannot think clearly.
(b) Greedy.
(c) As if someone has harmed him.
(d) Sad for something he has lost.

4. How do the Bashkirs react to Pahom's arrival?
(a) They send for their chief.
(b) They are very suspicious.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They prepare a feast for him.

5. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?
(a) He fines them when their animals trespass on his employer's land.
(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 does not supervise his cattle properly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of land is "fallow"?

2. How far does Pahom walk in order to get to the new settlement?

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

4. How much land does the dealer tell Pahom he bought from the Bashkirs for 1,000 rubles?

5. Which word is a synonym for "haggle"?

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