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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 much land does Pahom agree to buy in the new settlement?
(a) 40 acres.
(b) 1,300 acres.
(c) 300 acres.
(d) 13,000 acres.

2. What kind of land is "fallow"?
(a) Land that is being allowed to rest in between crops.
(b) Land that has been fertilized.
(c) Land that is well-irrigated.
(d) Land that has many small hills and valleys.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Pahom's land is "arable," what is true of his land?

2. Which character says that "Loss and gain are brothers twain"?

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

4. What advantage does Pahom see to owning land in the new settlement?

5. Which character thinks that "Busy as we are from childhood tilling Mother Earth, we peasants have no time to let any nonsense settle in our heads"?

(see the answer key)

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