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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. How much is Pahom paying the Bashkirs for the land?
(a) 1,000 rubles.
(b) Nothing.
(c) 500 rubles.
(d) 1,500 rubles.

2. How much land does the dealer tell Pahom he bought from the Bashkirs for 1,000 rubles?
(a) 300 acres.
(b) 1,300 acres.
(c) 13,000 acres.
(d) 40 acres.

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

4. 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) A hundred times as much as in his village.
(c) Three times as much as in his village.
(d) Fifteen times as much as in his village.

5. What does Pahom tell the Bashkirs is wrong with the land where he comes from?
(a) It will not support him and his family.
(b) It is crowded and overworked.
(c) The commune does not distribute it fairly.
(d) It is too far away from water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Pahom plan to walk before he makes his first turn?

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

3. What does the expression "racked his brains" mean?

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

5. While the sisters talk, who is hiding behind the oven?

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