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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reader told is "all" the Bashkir men care about?
(a) Making strong trade relationships as they travel.
(b) Planting successful crops.
(c) Taking care of their herds of animals.
(d) Eating, drinking, and making music.

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

3. Why can Pahom not plant the same crop on his land in the second year?
(a) He does not have enough money.
(b) It would violate the commune's crop rotation rules.
(c) The commune is out of seed for that crop.
(d) The market for the crop has fallen.

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

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

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

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

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

9. How much land does the dealer tell Pahom he bought from the Bashkirs for 1,000 rubles?
(a) 1,300 acres.
(b) 40 acres.
(c) 300 acres.
(d) 13,000 acres.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Pahom do with "pasturage"?

2. Who is the man in the large fox-fur hat?

3. What kind of land is "fallow"?

4. How many sons is it implied that Pahom has?

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

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