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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. How much more land does Pahom have for his use when he and his family are first living at the new settlement?
(a) Three times as much as in his village.
(b) Thirty times as much as in his village.
(c) Fifteen times as much as in his village.
(d) A hundred times as much as in his village.

2. What crop does Pahom grow at the new settlement?
(a) Turnips.
(b) Beets.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Corn.

3. What is an important value among the Bashkirs?
(a) Love for the land.
(b) Education.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Reciprocity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Pahom's land is "arable," what is true of his land?

2. How do the Bashkirs make their living?

3. What does the trader tell Pahom about the Bashkirs?

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

5. How many sons is it implied that Pahom has?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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