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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. At first, what keeps Pahom from walking quickly?
(a) His muscles are stiff.
(b) Common sense.
(c) There is not enough light to see well.
(d) The day is very hot.

2. Why is Pahom carrying a spade on his walk?
(a) Part of his task is to dig up a wild root vegetable the Bashkirs like.
(b) He is supposed to use it to mark his path.
(c) The Bashkir chief said that Pahom had to carry something made of metal.
(d) The spade is a symbolic gift from his wife.

3. Who is the man in the large fox-fur hat?
(a) The Bashkir chief.
(b) The man who owns the land that Pahom wants.
(c) Another Russian who has come to ask for land.
(d) Pahom's employee.

4. Which character thinks "I'll give you land enough; and by means of that land I will get you into my power"?
(a) The local landowner.
(b) Pahom's brother-in-law.
(c) The devil.
(d) Simon.

5. How much is Pahom paying the Bashkirs for the land?
(a) 500 rubles.
(b) 1,000 rubles.
(c) Nothing.
(d) 1,500 rubles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pahom's employee sleep while they are with the Bashkirs?

2. What does Pahom do when the court rules against him?

3. When Pahom piles up "turf," what is he piling up?

4. What crop does Pahom grow at the new settlement?

5. What kind of land is "fallow"?

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