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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 is the "kumiss" that the Bashkir women make?
(a) A cow's milk cheese.
(b) A goat's milk cheese.
(c) Fermented sheep's milk.
(d) Fermented horse milk.

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

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

4. What is a steward?
(a) Someone who rents the land that they farm or graze animals on.
(b) Someone who takes care of someone else's property.
(c) A shop owner.
(d) An innkeeper.

5. After walking three miles, what is the first item of clothing that Pahom removes?
(a) His boots.
(b) His over-coat.
(c) His hat.
(d) His under-coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pahom remind himself of in order to keep himself going when he gets tired on his walk?

2. How much land does Pahom agree to buy in the new settlement?

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

4. What is an important value among the Bashkirs?

5. What does Pahom's wife say may happen to a man in town?

(see the answer key)

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