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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advantage does Pahom see to owning land in the new settlement?
(a) He will get a better price for his crops.
(b) The dealers will not be able to cheat him.
(c) All of his acres will be together in one piece of land.
(d) His neighbors will stop trespassing on his land.

2. Once Pahom is able to rent land to put in more crops, what is his next complaint?
(a) The land is not good for growing what he wants to grow.
(b) The land is too far from the village.
(c) The land dealers are cheating him.
(d) It is too expensive to rent land.

3. How do the Bashkirs make their living?
(a) They are farmers.
(b) They are land dealers.
(c) They are nomadic herders.
(d) They are traders.

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

5. Who is the man in the large fox-fur hat?
(a) The Bashkir chief.
(b) The man who owns the land that Pahom wants.
(c) Another Russian who has come to ask for land.
(d) Pahom's employee.

6. What does the dealer tell Pahom he did before bargaining for the Bashkir land?
(a) Lived among them for a month.
(b) Gave them gifts.
(c) Passed a physical challenge.
(d) Answered a riddle.

7. What does Pahom tell the Bashkirs is wrong with the land where he comes from?
(a) It is crowded and overworked.
(b) It will not support him and his family.
(c) The commune does not distribute it fairly.
(d) It is too far away from water.

8. How do the Bashkirs react to Pahom's arrival?
(a) They are very suspicious.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They send for their chief.
(d) They prepare a feast for him.

9. How do the Bashkirs react when Pahom asks for land?
(a) They seem amused.
(b) They seem sad.
(c) They seem angry.
(d) They seem puzzled.

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

11. What is the "kumiss" that the Bashkir women make?
(a) Fermented horse milk.
(b) Fermented sheep's milk.
(c) A cow's milk cheese.
(d) A goat's milk cheese.

12. What crop does Pahom grow at the new settlement?
(a) Corn.
(b) Beets.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Turnips.

13. How much land does Pahom agree to buy in the new settlement?
(a) 13,000 acres.
(b) 40 acres.
(c) 300 acres.
(d) 1,300 acres.

14. Which word is a synonym for "haggle"?
(a) Criticize.
(b) Gather.
(c) Argue.
(d) Bargain.

15. 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) A hundred times as much as in his village.
(d) Three times as much as in his village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of land is "fallow"?

2. What is the reader told is "all" the Bashkir men care about?

3. How are the Bashkirs characterized when Pahom first meets them?

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

5. Why can Pahom not plant the same crop on his land in the second year?

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