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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. How do the Bashkirs make their living?
(a) They are farmers.
(b) They are land dealers.
(c) They are traders.
(d) They are nomadic herders.

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

3. What is the reader told is "all" the Bashkir men care about?
(a) Making strong trade relationships as they travel.
(b) Planting successful crops.
(c) Taking care of their herds of animals.
(d) Eating, drinking, and making music.

4. What does the trader tell Pahom about the Bashkirs?
(a) They are clever bargainers.
(b) They have the intelligence of sheep.
(c) They do not care about their land at all.
(d) They will do whatever their chiefs tell them to do.

5. Where is Pahom when his wife and her sister are talking?
(a) Lying on the stove.
(b) Working in the field.
(c) Resting in his cot.
(d) Bringing in loads of wood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What bothers Pahom the most about the stripping of bark from his trees?

3. When, in the beginning of Chapter IV, Pahom "stood treat" to the elders, what does this mean he did?

4. What is Pahom's reaction to the trouble with the steward?

5. How many sons is it implied that Pahom has?

(see the answer key)

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