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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapters I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?
(a) He fines them when their animals trespass on his employer's land.
(b) He does not supervise his cattle properly.
(c) He refuses to sell seed to those who do not own their own land.
(d) He demands payment of the peasants' outstanding loans.

2. Which character thinks that "Busy as we are from childhood tilling Mother Earth, we peasants have no time to let any nonsense settle in our heads"?
(a) Pahom's sister-in-law.
(b) Pahom.
(c) Pahom's wife.
(d) Simon.

3. 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) An innkeeper.
(d) A shop owner.

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

5. What bothers Pahom the most about the stripping of bark from his trees?
(a) Whoever did it cut down a whole clump of trees.
(b) He hates the idea of trees being wasted in this way.
(c) Whoever did it also let his cows out of their pen.
(d) He hates the idea of a stranger being on his land.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far does Pahom walk in order to get to the new settlement?

3. What is Pahom's first reaction when he learns that people are moving to a new settlement?

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

5. While the sisters talk, who is hiding behind the oven?

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