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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 advantage does Pahom see to owning land in the new settlement?
(a) The dealers will not be able to cheat him.
(b) All of his acres will be together in one piece of land.
(c) His neighbors will stop trespassing on his land.
(d) He will get a better price for his crops.

2. What reaction do the peasants have when they hear rumors about the sale of the land?
(a) They beg the woman not to sell her land.
(b) They go to court to try to add the land to the commune.
(c) They celebrate, because they do not like the landowner.
(d) They decide that they need to buy it themselves.

3. What is Pahom's reaction to the trouble with the steward?
(a) He insists that the family move to a new settlement.
(b) He takes his anger out on his family.
(c) He refuses to have any more dealings with the man.
(d) He takes the steward to court.

4. 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 their life is steady and safe.
(c) She says that living in the countryside is more moral.
(d) She says that someday Pahom will make them rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop does Pahom grow at the new settlement?

2. How much more land does Pahom have for his use when he and his family are first living at the new settlement?

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

4. How many acres does the local landowner have?

5. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?

(see the answer key)

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