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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the first person that the local landowner offers to sell her land to?
(a) The leader of the commune.
(b) The innkeeper.
(c) Pahom.
(d) Simon.

3. Who calls Pahom's land a "narrow hole"?
(a) Pahom's sister-in-law.
(b) The stranger who stays overnight at Pahom's house.
(c) Pahom's wife.
(d) Pahom.

4. How many acres does Pahom buy in his first land purchase?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 300.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 40.

5. How many acres does the local landowner have?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 300.
(c) 40.
(d) 1,300.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the older sister brag about?

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

3. How does Pahom's wife defend their life to her sister?

4. What reaction do the peasants have when they hear rumors about the sale of the land?

5. Which character thinks "I'll give you land enough; and by means of that land I will get you into my power"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pahom's relationship with his community change, and what are two specific pieces of evidence for this change?

2. When the devil overhears Pahom's thoughts, what does he vow to do?

3. What sequence of events with Simon follows Pahom's discovery of the stripped trees?

4. Pahom is most angry at the neighbor who has cut down his trees because whoever it was did not just take one or two trees but instead cut down a whole clump of trees. Why does this make Pahom angry, and what is ironic about his anger?

5. In Chapter I, what is ironic about where Pahom is while he listens to his wife and her sister talk?

6. In what two ways is Pahom's first decision to buy land different from his later decisions?

7. What sacrifices do Pahom and his family make for the first plot of land that they buy?

8. What changes the relationship between the woman who owns land near the village and the peasants, and how does the relationship change?

9. What prevents the peasants from buying the nearby landowner's land as a group instead of as individuals?

10. In Chapter I, what is ironic about the conversation between the two sisters?

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