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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 kind of homes do the Bashkirs live in?
(a) Wooden houses.
(b) Huts made of sticks and mud.
(c) Tents made of felt.
(d) Stone houses.

2. What is an important value among the Bashkirs?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Love for the land.
(c) Reciprocity.
(d) Education.

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

4. What does the dealer tell Pahom he did before bargaining for the Bashkir land?
(a) Answered a riddle.
(b) Lived among them for a month.
(c) Passed a physical challenge.
(d) Gave them gifts.

5. How do the Bashkirs react when Pahom asks for land?
(a) They seem amused.
(b) They seem sad.
(c) They seem angry.
(d) They seem puzzled.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are the Bashkirs characterized when Pahom first meets them?

3. Once Pahom is able to rent land to put in more crops, what is his next complaint?

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

5. Which word is a synonym for "haggle"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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