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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. The Bashkirs "tether" their colts behind their homes. What does this mean that they do?
(a) They keep young cows tied behind their homes.
(b) They keep young cows in pens behind their homes.
(c) They keep young horses in pens behind their homes.
(d) They keep young horses tied behind their homes.

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

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

4. When, in the beginning of Chapter IV, Pahom "stood treat" to the elders, what does this mean he did?
(a) Asked for a hearing.
(b) Gave them gifts.
(c) Made a speech.
(d) Helped them with a project.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an important value among the Bashkirs?

2. What will Pahom do with "pasturage"?

3. What kind of land is "fallow"?

4. What is the reader told is "all" the Bashkir men care about?

5. If Pahom's land is "arable," what is true of his land?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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