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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapters VII-IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pahom remind himself of in order to keep himself going when he gets tired on his walk?
(a) If he succeeds, he will be the wealthiest man he knows.
(b) He has already walked for hundreds of miles to get to the land of the Bashkirs.
(c) It is a short time to suffer for a lifetime of benefit.
(d) His wife and sons are counting on him.

2. How do the Bashkirs react when Pahom asks for land?
(a) They seem puzzled.
(b) They seem amused.
(c) They seem angry.
(d) They seem sad.

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

4. How much land is the chief offering Pahom?
(a) All the land that he can see.
(b) Whichever land he points to.
(c) As much land as he can walk around from dawn to dusk.
(d) 13,000 thousand acres.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chief of the Bashkirs use to mark the spot where Pahom will begin his walk?

2. How much is Pahom paying the Bashkirs for the land?

3. What is the reader told is "all" the Bashkir men care about?

4. What kind of land is "fallow"?

5. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?

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