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

2. While the sisters talk, who is hiding behind the oven?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) Pahom's brother-in-law.
(c) The devil.
(d) Simon.

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

4. How many acres does the local landowner have?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 40.
(c) 1,300.
(d) 300.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is Pahom when his wife and her sister are talking?

4. Which character says that "Loss and gain are brothers twain"?

5. 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"?

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