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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 three things does Pahom take with him on his walk?
(a) His overcoat, a spade, and his servant.
(b) A blanket, a knife, and a spade.
(c) Kumiss, mutton, and a spade.
(d) Bread, water, and a spade.

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

3. If Pahom's land is "arable," what is true of his land?
(a) It is good for growing crops.
(b) It is one continuous piece.
(c) It has little topsoil.
(d) It is prone to flooding.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What advantage does Pahom see to owning land in the new settlement?

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

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

5. When, in the beginning of Chapter VIII, the Bashkirs "ascended" the shikhan, what did they do?

(see the answer key)

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