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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 the end of Pahom's dream, just before he wakes, where is Pahom?
(a) In a large house with a large family.
(b) Drowning in the Volga while his family watches.
(c) Riding a horse made of gold.
(d) Lying dead at the feet of the devil.

2. What does Pahom observe seems to be true about the land?
(a) For some reason it feels like he is walking uphill, though the land looks flat.
(b) The farther he goes, the better it gets.
(c) Some of the land seems to already be planted with crops.
(d) He will need to walk farther than he guessed in order to access water.

3. 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) Simon.
(c) The devil.
(d) Pahom's brother-in-law.

4. What strange thing does the person in Pahom's dream do?
(a) Ties Pahom's feet together so that he cannot walk.
(b) Turns into several other characters from the story.
(c) Lets loose all of the Bahkir animals.
(d) Sets his bed on fire.

5. What is the "steppe" Pahom is headed for at the end of Chapter VII?
(a) Flat, grassy land without trees.
(b) A marshy place where irrigation water can be drawn.
(c) A thick forest on the flat top of a hill.
(d) An area where horses are temporarily kept.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is surprising about the chief of the Bashkirs?

2. How does Pahom's wife defend their life to her sister?

3. Who is the first person that the local landowner offers to sell her land to?

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

5. Pahon sees that the land of the Bashkirs is "black as the seed of a poppy." What figure of speech is used here?

(see the answer key)

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