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

2. What is surprising about the chief of the Bashkirs?
(a) He speaks Russian.
(b) He refuses Pahom's gifts.
(c) He claims to know Pahom.
(d) He is incredibly old.

3. What is the "kumiss" that the Bashkir women make?
(a) A goat's milk cheese.
(b) Fermented horse milk.
(c) Fermented sheep's milk.
(d) A cow's milk cheese.

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

5. In Chapter V, whom does Pahom leave in charge of his homestead while he is gone?
(a) His sons.
(b) His wife.
(c) His brother-in-law.
(d) His "man" (employee).

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Bashkirs make their living?

2. What advantage does Pahom see to owning land in the new settlement?

3. What does Pahom tell the Bashkirs is wrong with the land where he comes from?

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

5. How do the Bashkirs react to Pahom's arrival?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does the traveling dealer tell Pahom he was able to get on land from the Bashkir?

2. When Pahom and his family arrive in the new settlement beyond the Volga, what does he do first, and what is the result?

3. When Pahom asks the Bashkirs for some land, what is their response?

4. What procedure do the Bashkirs outline for marking the land that Pahom claims?

5. What causes Pahom to become dissatisfied with his situation in the new settlement?

6. What is the response of the Bashkirs to Pahom's arrival?

7. What is the price of the land the Bashkirs offer Pahom, and how much land do they offer?

8. What deal does Pahom strike to buy some land of his own in the settlement beyond the Volga?

9. After the chief offers Pahom land, how does Pahom respond, and why?

10. How does the text contrast the life of the Bashkirs with the life of Russian peasants, and what is ironic in this description?

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