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

2. 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) Whoever did it also let his cows out of their pen.
(c) He hates the idea of a stranger being on his land.
(d) He hates the idea of trees being wasted in this way.

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 devil.
(b) Pahom's brother-in-law.
(c) Simon.
(d) The local landowner.

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

5. How do Pahom's neighbors retaliate when he takes them to court?
(a) They let their animals trespass on his land on purpose.
(b) They press charges against him in court.
(c) They get him kicked out of the commune.
(d) They burn down his barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pahom's reaction to the trouble with the steward?

2. How many acres does Pahom buy in his first land purchase?

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

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. Why does Pahom end up taking his neighbors to court?

(see the answer key)

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