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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 many acres does the local landowner have?
(a) 40.
(b) 300.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 1,300.

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

3. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?
(a) He does not supervise his cattle properly.
(b) He refuses to sell seed to those who do not own their own land.
(c) He fines them when their animals trespass on his employer's land.
(d) He demands payment of the peasants' outstanding loans.

4. What is Pahom's reaction to the trouble with the steward?
(a) He takes the steward to court.
(b) He takes his anger out on his family.
(c) He refuses to have any more dealings with the man.
(d) He insists that the family move to a new settlement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the expression "racked his brains" mean?

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

3. How do Pahom's neighbors retaliate when he takes them to court?

4. What agreement does Pahom come to with the landowner?

5. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?

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