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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) Tents made of felt.
(b) Stone houses.
(c) Wooden houses.
(d) Huts made of sticks and mud.

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

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

4. Once Pahom is able to rent land to put in more crops, what is his next complaint?
(a) It is too expensive to rent land.
(b) The land is not good for growing what he wants to grow.
(c) The land dealers are cheating him.
(d) The land is too far from the village.

5. How are the Bashkirs characterized when Pahom first meets them?
(a) Shrewd and cynical.
(b) Independent and proud.
(c) Friendly and businesslike.
(d) Ignorant and happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Pahom do with "pasturage"?

2. How much more land does Pahom have for his use when he and his family are first living at the new settlement?

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

4. The Bashkirs "tether" their colts behind their homes. What does this mean that they do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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