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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far does Pahom walk in order to get to the new settlement?
(a) 130 miles.
(b) 3 miles.
(c) 300 miles.
(d) 30 miles.

2. 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"?
(a) Pahom.
(b) Pahom's wife.
(c) Simon.
(d) Pahom's sister-in-law.

3. What reaction do the peasants have when they hear rumors about the sale of the land?
(a) They decide that they need to buy it themselves.
(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 beg the woman not to sell her land.

4. While the sisters talk, who is hiding behind the oven?
(a) Simon.
(b) The innkeeper.
(c) The devil.
(d) Pahom's brother-in-law.

5. How do Pahom's neighbors retaliate when he takes them to court?
(a) They get him kicked out of the commune.
(b) They let their animals trespass on his land on purpose.
(c) They burn down his barn.
(d) They press charges against him in court.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pahom do when the court rules against him?

3. Which character thinks "I'll give you land enough; and by means of that land I will get you into my power"?

4. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?

5. How many acres does the local landowner have?

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