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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 kind of land is "fallow"?
(a) Land that has many small hills and valleys.
(b) Land that is well-irrigated.
(c) Land that is being allowed to rest in between crops.
(d) Land that has been fertilized.

2. What does the chief of the Bashkirs use to mark the spot where Pahom will begin his walk?
(a) A spade.
(b) His hat.
(c) A cart.
(d) Bashkir's servant.

3. The haze of heat that makes it difficult for Pahom to see clearly might logically be meant to remind the reader of what?
(a) How tired Pahom is.
(b) The heat of hell.
(c) That it is summer.
(d) The earlier threat neighbors made to burn his buildings.

4. On the night before his big walk, what does Pahom lie awake doing?
(a) Worrying that he is being greedy.
(b) Planning how he will use the land.
(c) Thinking about his wife and sons.
(d) Wondering if he can find a way to cheat the Bashkirs.

5. If Pahom's land is "arable," what is true of his land?
(a) It is one continuous piece.
(b) It is prone to flooding.
(c) It has little topsoil.
(d) It is good for growing crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?

2. At first, what keeps Pahom from walking quickly?

3. At the end of the story, how much land does the narrator say Pahom really needed?

4. What does the stranger staying at Pahom's house overnight tell Pahom?

5. When Pahom "inquired" how to find the Bashkirs, what did he do?

(see the answer key)

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