View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapters I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a steward?
(a) An innkeeper.
(b) Someone who rents the land that they farm or graze animals on.
(c) A shop owner.
(d) Someone who takes care of someone else's property.

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

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

4. What agreement does Pahom come to with the landowner?
(a) He will pay less for the land because he can pay for it all in advance.
(b) He will pay for the land over the next ten years, one-tenth at a time.
(c) He will pay for half of the land up front and half within two years.
(d) He will work for her until the land is paid for.

5. Who is the first person that the local landowner offers to sell her land to?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) Simon.
(c) Pahom.
(d) The leader of the commune.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many acres does Pahom buy in his first land purchase?

4. The story opens with two sisters. What does the older sister's husband do for a living?

5. Who calls Pahom's land a "narrow hole"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 340 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample