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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Pahom travel to find the Bashkirs?

2. What kind of land is "fallow"?

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

4. What does the dealer tell Pahom he did before bargaining for the Bashkir land?

5. What crop does Pahom grow at the new settlement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does the traveling dealer tell Pahom he was able to get on land from the Bashkir?

2. After the chief offers Pahom land, how does Pahom respond, and why?

3. What deal does Pahom strike to buy some land of his own in the settlement beyond the Volga?

4. What procedure do the Bashkirs outline for marking the land that Pahom claims?

5. What causes Pahom to become dissatisfied with his situation in the new settlement?

6. When Pahom asks the Bashkirs for some land, what is their response?

7. When Pahom and his family arrive in the new settlement beyond the Volga, what does he do first, and what is the result?

8. How does the text contrast the life of the Bashkirs with the life of Russian peasants, and what is ironic in this description?

9. What is the price of the land the Bashkirs offer Pahom, and how much land do they offer?

10. What is the response of the Bashkirs to Pahom's arrival?

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