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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. What is the reader told is "all" the Bashkir men care about?
(a) Planting successful crops.
(b) Eating, drinking, and making music.
(c) Making strong trade relationships as they travel.
(d) Taking care of their herds of animals.

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

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

4. What will Pahom do with "pasturage"?
(a) Let animals graze there.
(b) Process milk for the market.
(c) House cattle in the winter.
(d) Plant trees there.

5. How many sons is it implied that Pahom has?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land does Pahom agree to buy in the new settlement?

2. In Chapter V, whom does Pahom leave in charge of his homestead while he is gone?

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

4. Once Pahom is able to rent land to put in more crops, what is his next complaint?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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