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

2. What bothers Pahom the most about the stripping of bark from his trees?
(a) Whoever did it cut down a whole clump of trees.
(b) Whoever did it also let his cows out of their pen.
(c) He hates the idea of trees being wasted in this way.
(d) He hates the idea of a stranger being on his land.

3. What does Pahom do when the court rules against him?
(a) He quits the commune in protest.
(b) He tries to appeal the case.
(c) He strips someone else's trees in revenge.
(d) He accuses the judges of taking bribes.

4. What is surprising about the chief of the Bashkirs?
(a) He is incredibly old.
(b) He speaks Russian.
(c) He refuses Pahom's gifts.
(d) He claims to know Pahom.

5. In the dream that Pahom has on the night before his big walk, who is the person that he first sees laughing outside?
(a) His sister-in-law.
(b) The chief of the Bashkirs.
(c) His wife.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Bashkirs make their living?

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

3. When Pahom piles up "turf," what is he piling up?

4. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?

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

(see the answer key)

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