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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapters I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?
(a) He does not supervise his cattle properly.
(b) He fines them when their animals trespass on his employer's land.
(c) He demands payment of the peasants' outstanding loans.
(d) He refuses to sell seed to those who do not own their own land.

2. How many acres does the local landowner have?
(a) 40.
(b) 300.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 1,300.

3. Which character thinks that "Busy as we are from childhood tilling Mother Earth, we peasants have no time to let any nonsense settle in our heads"?
(a) Simon.
(b) Pahom's wife.
(c) Pahom.
(d) Pahom's sister-in-law.

4. The story opens with two sisters. What does the older sister's husband do for a living?
(a) He is a commune leader.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is an innkeeper.
(d) He is a tradesman.

5. What agreement does Pahom come to with the landowner?
(a) He will work for her until the land is paid for.
(b) He will pay less for the land because he can pay for it all in advance.
(c) He will pay for half of the land up front and half within two years.
(d) He will pay for the land over the next ten years, one-tenth at a time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Pahom's land a "narrow hole"?

2. How many acres does Pahom buy in his first land purchase?

3. In which situation might someone "grease your palm"?

4. When Pahom feels "aggrieved," what is he feeling?

5. Why does Pahom end up taking his neighbors to court?

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