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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 kind of homes do the Bashkirs live in?
(a) Huts made of sticks and mud.
(b) Tents made of felt.
(c) Wooden houses.
(d) Stone houses.

2. Once Pahom is able to rent land to put in more crops, what is his next complaint?
(a) The land dealers are cheating him.
(b) It is too expensive to rent land.
(c) The land is too far from the village.
(d) The land is not good for growing what he wants to grow.

3. In Chapter V, whom does Pahom leave in charge of his homestead while he is gone?
(a) His wife.
(b) His "man" (employee).
(c) His brother-in-law.
(d) His sons.

4. How much land does Pahom agree to buy in the new settlement?
(a) 1,300 acres.
(b) 300 acres.
(c) 13,000 acres.
(d) 40 acres.

5. The Bashkirs "tether" their colts behind their homes. What does this mean that they do?
(a) They keep young cows in pens behind their homes.
(b) They keep young horses in pens behind their homes.
(c) They keep young cows tied behind their homes.
(d) They keep young horses tied behind their homes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?

3. 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"?

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

5. What is a steward?

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