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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 far does Pahom travel to find the Bashkirs?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 3 miles.
(c) 130 miles.
(d) 300 miles.

2. Who is the man in the large fox-fur hat?
(a) Another Russian who has come to ask for land.
(b) Pahom's employee.
(c) The man who owns the land that Pahom wants.
(d) The Bashkir chief.

3. Who calls Pahom's land a "narrow hole"?
(a) The stranger who stays overnight at Pahom's house.
(b) Pahom.
(c) Pahom's wife.
(d) Pahom's sister-in-law.

4. How much more land does Pahom have for his use when he and his family are first living at the new settlement?
(a) Thirty times as much as in his village.
(b) A hundred times as much as in his village.
(c) Fifteen times as much as in his village.
(d) Three times as much as in his village.

5. The Bashkirs "tether" their colts behind their homes. What does this mean that they do?
(a) They keep young cows tied behind their homes.
(b) They keep young cows in pens behind their homes.
(c) They keep young horses in pens behind their homes.
(d) They keep young horses tied behind their homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the sisters talk, who is hiding behind the oven?

2. What does Pahom's wife say may happen to a man in town?

3. How do the Bashkirs react when Pahom asks for land?

4. How many acres does the local landowner have?

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

(see the answer key)

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