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

2. Which character thinks "I'll give you land enough; and by means of that land I will get you into my power"?
(a) The local landowner.
(b) Pahom's brother-in-law.
(c) Simon.
(d) The devil.

3. When Pahom "inquired" how to find the Bashkirs, what did he do?
(a) Asked.
(b) Wondered.
(c) Researched.
(d) Planned.

4. How much land is the chief offering Pahom?
(a) All the land that he can see.
(b) As much land as he can walk around from dawn to dusk.
(c) Whichever land he points to.
(d) 13,000 thousand acres.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of land is "fallow"?

2. In Chapter V, whom does Pahom leave in charge of his homestead while he is gone?

3. At the beginning of Chapter VIII, what does the expression "the morning red was beginning to kindle" mean?

4. While the sisters talk, who is hiding behind the oven?

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

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