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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 when Pahom asks for land?
(a) They seem sad.
(b) They seem puzzled.
(c) They seem amused.
(d) They seem angry.

2. How much more land does Pahom have for his use when he and his family are first living at the new settlement?
(a) Thirty times as much as in his village.
(b) Three times as much as in his village.
(c) Fifteen times as much as in his village.
(d) A hundred times as much as in his village.

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

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

5. When Pahom feels "aggrieved," what is he feeling?
(a) So angry he cannot think clearly.
(b) As if someone has harmed him.
(c) Greedy.
(d) Sad for something he has lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pahom tell the Bashkirs is wrong with the land where he comes from?

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

3. What is Pahom's first reaction when he learns that people are moving to a new settlement?

4. What is the reader told is "all" the Bashkir men care about?

5. When Pahom "inquired" how to find the Bashkirs, what did he do?

(see the answer key)

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