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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. What is the reader told is "all" the Bashkir men care about?
(a) Taking care of their herds of animals.
(b) Eating, drinking, and making music.
(c) Planting successful crops.
(d) Making strong trade relationships as they travel.

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

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

4. How does Pahom's wife defend their life to her sister?
(a) She says that living in the countryside is more moral.
(b) She says that their life is steady and safe.
(c) She says that someday Pahom will make them rich.
(d) She says that their life is quiet and ordinary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "kumiss" that the Bashkir women make?

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

3. Which character thinks "I'll give you land enough; and by means of that land I will get you into my power"?

4. Who is the man in the large fox-fur hat?

5. When, in the beginning of Chapter IV, Pahom "stood treat" to the elders, what does this mean he did?

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