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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. How do the Bashkirs react to Pahom's arrival?
(a) They are very suspicious.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They prepare a feast for him.
(d) They send for their chief.

2. What kind of land is "fallow"?
(a) Land that has many small hills and valleys.
(b) Land that is well-irrigated.
(c) Land that is being allowed to rest in between crops.
(d) Land that has been fertilized.

3. What does Pahom tell the Bashkirs is wrong with the land where he comes from?
(a) It is crowded and overworked.
(b) It will not support him and his family.
(c) The commune does not distribute it fairly.
(d) It is too far away from water.

4. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?
(a) He fines them when their animals trespass on his employer's land.
(b) He refuses to sell seed to those who do not own their own land.
(c) He demands payment of the peasants' outstanding loans.
(d) He does not supervise his cattle properly.

5. Why does Pahom end up taking his neighbors to court?
(a) They steal his crops.
(b) They disagree about the boundary of his land.
(c) The refuse to pay him the rent that they owe him.
(d) Their animals trespass on his land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land does the dealer tell Pahom he bought from the Bashkirs for 1,000 rubles?

2. How much more land does Pahom have for his use when he and his family are first living at the new settlement?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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