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

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

3. Which character says that "Loss and gain are brothers twain"?
(a) Pahom's wife.
(b) The local landowner.
(c) Pahom's sister-in-law.
(d) Pahom.

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

5. What does the chief of the Bashkirs use to mark the spot where Pahom will begin his walk?
(a) A cart.
(b) A spade.
(c) His hat.
(d) Bashkir's servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop does Pahom grow at the new settlement?

2. How do the Bashkirs react when Pahom asks for land?

3. Why does Pahom hesitate before setting out on his walk?

4. What is the "kumiss" that the Bashkir women make?

5. At first, what keeps Pahom from walking quickly?

(see the answer key)

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