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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) Reciprocity.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Love for the land.

2. Which character thinks that "Busy as we are from childhood tilling Mother Earth, we peasants have no time to let any nonsense settle in our heads"?
(a) Pahom.
(b) Simon.
(c) Pahom's wife.
(d) Pahom's sister-in-law.

3. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) His brother-in-law.
(c) Simon.
(d) The head of the commune.

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

5. Why is Pahom carrying a spade on his walk?
(a) Part of his task is to dig up a wild root vegetable the Bashkirs like.
(b) He is supposed to use it to mark his path.
(c) The Bashkir chief said that Pahom had to carry something made of metal.
(d) The spade is a symbolic gift from his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although Pahom is afraid that he might actually die of the effort, why does he keep running toward the Bashkir?

2. How do the Bashkirs make their living?

3. The story opens with two sisters. What does the older sister's husband do for a living?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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