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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 reaction do the peasants have when they hear rumors about the sale of the land?
(a) They decide that they need to buy it themselves.
(b) They beg the woman not to sell her land.
(c) They celebrate, because they do not like the landowner.
(d) They go to court to try to add the land to the commune.

2. What is Pahom's reaction to the trouble with the steward?
(a) He takes the steward to court.
(b) He insists that the family move to a new settlement.
(c) He refuses to have any more dealings with the man.
(d) He takes his anger out on his family.

3. How far does Pahom walk in order to get to the new settlement?
(a) 130 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) 300 miles.
(d) 3 miles.

4. What agreement does Pahom come to with the landowner?
(a) He will work for her until the land is paid for.
(b) He will pay for half of the land up front and half within two years.
(c) He will pay less for the land because he can pay for it all in advance.
(d) He will pay for the land over the next ten years, one-tenth at a time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pahom when his wife and her sister are talking?

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

3. When the younger sister is "piqued," what is she feeling?

4. 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"?

5. The story opens with two sisters. What does the older sister's husband do for a living?

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