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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When the younger sister is "piqued," what is she feeling?
(a) Angry.
(b) Tired.
(c) Curious.
(d) Cautious.
2. Where is Pahom when his wife and her sister are talking?
(a) Bringing in loads of wood.
(b) Lying on the stove.
(c) Working in the field.
(d) Resting in his cot.
3. Which character thinks "I'll give you land enough; and by means of that land I will get you into my power"?
(a) The devil.
(b) Simon.
(c) The local landowner.
(d) Pahom's brother-in-law.
4. How many acres does the local landowner have?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 40.
(c) 1,300.
(d) 300.
5. While the sisters talk, who is hiding behind the oven?
(a) Pahom's brother-in-law.
(b) Simon.
(c) The devil.
(d) The innkeeper.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character says that "Loss and gain are brothers twain"?
2. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?
3. How far does Pahom walk in order to get to the new settlement?
4. What bothers Pahom the most about the stripping of bark from his trees?
5. What is Pahom's first reaction when he learns that people are moving to a new settlement?
Short Essay Questions
1. What changes the relationship between the woman who owns land near the village and the peasants, and how does the relationship change?
2. What sequence of events with Simon follows Pahom's discovery of the stripped trees?
3. How does Pahom's relationship with his community change, and what are two specific pieces of evidence for this change?
4. In Chapter I, what is ironic about where Pahom is while he listens to his wife and her sister talk?
5. What prevents the peasants from buying the nearby landowner's land as a group instead of as individuals?
6. In what two ways is Pahom's first decision to buy land different from his later decisions?
7. When the devil overhears Pahom's thoughts, what does he vow to do?
8. What sacrifices do Pahom and his family make for the first plot of land that they buy?
9. Pahom is most angry at the neighbor who has cut down his trees because whoever it was did not just take one or two trees but instead cut down a whole clump of trees. Why does this make Pahom angry, and what is ironic about his anger?
10. In Chapter I, what is ironic about the conversation between the two sisters?
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