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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 go to court to try to add the land to the commune.
(b) They beg the woman not to sell her land.
(c) They celebrate, because they do not like the landowner.
(d) They decide that they need to buy it themselves.

2. What does Pahom do when the court rules against him?
(a) He quits the commune in protest.
(b) He strips someone else's trees in revenge.
(c) He accuses the judges of taking bribes.
(d) He tries to appeal the case.

3. 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 for the land over the next ten years, one-tenth at a time.
(d) He will pay less for the land because he can pay for it all in advance.

4. Where is Pahom when his wife and her sister are talking?
(a) Lying on the stove.
(b) Bringing in loads of wood.
(c) Resting in his cot.
(d) Working in the field.

5. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?
(a) His brother-in-law.
(b) The innkeeper.
(c) Simon.
(d) The head of the commune.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Pahom feels "aggrieved," what is he feeling?

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

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

5. Which character says that "Loss and gain are brothers twain"?

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