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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. 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 beg the woman not to sell her land.
(c) They celebrate, because they do not like the landowner.
(d) They go to court to try to add the land to the commune.

2. The story opens with two sisters. What does the older sister's husband do for a living?
(a) He is a commune leader.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is a tradesman.
(d) He is an innkeeper.

3. What bothers Pahom the most about the stripping of bark from his trees?
(a) He hates the idea of a stranger being on his land.
(b) Whoever did it also let his cows out of their pen.
(c) Whoever did it cut down a whole clump of trees.
(d) He hates the idea of trees being wasted in this way.

4. What is Pahom's first reaction when he learns that people are moving to a new settlement?
(a) He wants to sell his land and move.
(b) He thinks that maybe he can buy their land.
(c) He worries that there will not be enough workers for his land.
(d) He tries to get their share of the commune lands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a steward?

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

3. When Pahom feels "aggrieved," what is he feeling?

4. What is Pahom's reaction to the trouble with the steward?

5. When the younger sister is "piqued," what is she feeling?

(see the answer key)

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