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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. What is Pahom's first reaction when he learns that people are moving to a new settlement?
(a) He worries that there will not be enough workers for his land.
(b) He wants to sell his land and move.
(c) He thinks that maybe he can buy their land.
(d) He tries to get their share of the commune lands.

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

3. What does Pahom's wife say may happen to a man in town?
(a) He may be the victim of crime.
(b) He may die of stress.
(c) He may be tempted by the devil.
(d) He may become lazy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pahom when his wife and her sister are talking?

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

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

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

5. What does the older sister brag about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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