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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapters VII-IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bothers Pahom the most about the stripping of bark from his trees?
(a) Whoever did it cut down a whole clump of trees.
(b) He hates the idea of trees being wasted in this way.
(c) Whoever did it also let his cows out of their pen.
(d) He hates the idea of a stranger being on his land.

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

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

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

5. In the dream that Pahom has on the night before his big walk, who is the person that he first sees laughing outside?
(a) The chief of the Bashkirs.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) Simon.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. At first, what keeps Pahom from walking quickly?

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

3. How much land is the chief offering Pahom?

4. Why does Pahom hesitate before setting out on his walk?

5. When Pahom is only on the second leg of his walk, what does he notice?

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