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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. The Bashkirs "tether" their colts behind their homes. What does this mean that they do?
(a) They keep young cows in pens behind their homes.
(b) They keep young horses tied behind their homes.
(c) They keep young cows tied behind their homes.
(d) They keep young horses in pens behind their homes.

2. How do the Bashkirs make their living?
(a) They are farmers.
(b) They are traders.
(c) They are nomadic herders.
(d) They are land dealers.

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

4. What kind of homes do the Bashkirs live in?
(a) Huts made of sticks and mud.
(b) Wooden houses.
(c) Stone houses.
(d) Tents made of felt.

5. How do the Bashkirs react to Pahom's arrival?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They prepare a feast for him.
(c) They send for their chief.
(d) They are very suspicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of land is "fallow"?

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

3. What crop does Pahom grow at the new settlement?

4. Which word is a synonym for "haggle"?

5. When Pahom "inquired" how to find the Bashkirs, what did he do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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