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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Pahom tell the Bashkirs is wrong with the land where he comes from?
2. What crop does Pahom grow at the new settlement?
3. How do the Bashkirs react to Pahom's arrival?
4. How do the Bashkirs react when Pahom asks for land?
5. How far does Pahom travel to find the Bashkirs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the response of the Bashkirs to Pahom's arrival?
2. What is the price of the land the Bashkirs offer Pahom, and how much land do they offer?
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 deal does the traveling dealer tell Pahom he was able to get on land from the Bashkir?
7. When Pahom and his family arrive in the new settlement beyond the Volga, what does he do first, and what is the result?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter I, when the sisters are talking, Pahom's wife tells her sister, "We may live roughly, but at least we are free from anxiety. You live in better style than we do, but though you often earn more than you need, you are very likely to lose all you have. You know the proverb, 'Loss and gain are brothers twain.'" Write an essay that explains the meaning of this quote and why, in the context of this story, it is heavily ironic.
Essay Topic 2
Explain what the devil's plan is and how he carries it out. Be sure that you discuss his motives, for the plan as a whole and for its details as well.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Pahom ignore the dream he has about the devil laughing at him? Write an essay in which you give both textual evidence and psychological reasoning to explain why he would ignore a warning like this.
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