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

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

3. What kind of land is "fallow"?
(a) Land that has been fertilized.
(b) Land that is being allowed to rest in between crops.
(c) Land that is well-irrigated.
(d) Land that has many small hills and valleys.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Bashkirs react to Pahom's arrival?

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

3. What kind of homes do the Bashkirs live in?

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

5. When Pahom "inquired" how to find the Bashkirs, what did he do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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