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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 surprising about the chief of the Bashkirs?
(a) He claims to know Pahom.
(b) He speaks Russian.
(c) He refuses Pahom's gifts.
(d) He is incredibly old.

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

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

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

5. The story opens with two sisters. What does the older sister's husband do for a living?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He is an innkeeper.
(c) He is a commune leader.
(d) He is a tradesman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first person that the local landowner offers to sell her land to?

3. What does the older sister brag about?

4. What is an important value among the Bashkirs?

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

(see the answer key)

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