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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapters IV-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pahom "inquired" how to find the Bashkirs, what did he do?
(a) Planned.
(b) Wondered.
(c) Researched.
(d) Asked.

2. Who is the man in the large fox-fur hat?
(a) Another Russian who has come to ask for land.
(b) Pahom's employee.
(c) The man who owns the land that Pahom wants.
(d) The Bashkir chief.

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

4. What reaction do the peasants have when they hear rumors about the sale of the land?
(a) They go to court to try to add the land to the commune.
(b) They decide that they need to buy it themselves.
(c) They celebrate, because they do not like the landowner.
(d) They beg the woman not to sell her land.

5. How far does Pahom travel to find the Bashkirs?
(a) 300 miles.
(b) 3 miles.
(c) 30 miles.
(d) 130 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pahom's wife say may happen to a man in town?

2. 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"?

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

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

5. What does the older sister brag about?

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