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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. The haze of heat that makes it difficult for Pahom to see clearly might logically be meant to remind the reader of what?
(a) The heat of hell.
(b) That it is summer.
(c) How tired Pahom is.
(d) The earlier threat neighbors made to burn his buildings.

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

3. What does Pahom remind himself of in order to keep himself going when he gets tired on his walk?
(a) His wife and sons are counting on him.
(b) It is a short time to suffer for a lifetime of benefit.
(c) If he succeeds, he will be the wealthiest man he knows.
(d) He has already walked for hundreds of miles to get to the land of the Bashkirs.

4. What kind of land is "fallow"?
(a) Land that is being allowed to rest in between crops.
(b) Land that has many small hills and valleys.
(c) Land that has been fertilized.
(d) Land that is well-irrigated.

5. 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) Pahom's sister-in-law.
(b) Pahom's wife.
(c) Simon.
(d) Pahom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of homes do the Bashkirs live in?

2. What is a steward?

3. How do the Bashkirs make their living?

4. How do the Bashkirs react when Pahom asks for land?

5. How are the Bashkirs characterized when Pahom first meets them?

(see the answer key)

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