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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapters IV-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man in the large fox-fur hat?
(a) The man who owns the land that Pahom wants.
(b) The Bashkir chief.
(c) Pahom's employee.
(d) Another Russian who has come to ask for land.

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

3. What will Pahom do with "pasturage"?
(a) Plant trees there.
(b) Process milk for the market.
(c) Let animals graze there.
(d) House cattle in the winter.

4. What is an important value among the Bashkirs?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Education.
(c) Love for the land.
(d) Reciprocity.

5. When Pahom "inquired" how to find the Bashkirs, what did he do?
(a) Asked.
(b) Wondered.
(c) Researched.
(d) Planned.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Bashkirs make their living?

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

3. Which word is a synonym for "haggle"?

4. How are the Bashkirs characterized when Pahom first meets them?

5. What does the dealer tell Pahom he did before bargaining for the Bashkir land?

(see the answer key)

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