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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapters VII-IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When the younger sister is "piqued," what is she feeling?
(a) Cautious.
(b) Angry.
(c) Tired.
(d) Curious.

4. What does Pahom stop to do at noon?
(a) Try to get his bearings in the landscape.
(b) Nap.
(c) Imagine how he will use all of the land he is about to claim.
(d) Eat and drink.

5. Who is the man in the large fox-fur hat?
(a) The man who owns the land that Pahom wants.
(b) The Bashkir chief.
(c) Pahom's employee.
(d) Another Russian who has come to ask for land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land is the chief offering Pahom?

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

3. How far does Pahom travel to find the Bashkirs?

4. Where does Pahom's employee sleep while they are with the Bashkirs?

5. What does the trader tell Pahom about the Bashkirs?

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