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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “God Sees the Truth, But Waits” pp. 112-117 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Aksionov punished before he is sent to the mines?
(a) He is flogged.
(b) He is electrocuted.
(c) He is sent to solitary confinement for a week.
(d) He is waterboarded.

2. How much money does Aksionov tell the officer he has on him?
(a) 8,000 rubles.
(b) 8,000,000 rubles.
(c) 800 rubles.
(d) 10,000 rubles.

3. How does Aksionov reply to the Governor when asked who dug the tunnel?
(a) He says that he dug the tunnel.
(b) He says it was Semyonich without a doubt.
(c) He says it is not God’s will that he should tell.
(d) He asks to see the tunnel.

4. Where does Aksionov stop to stay half way to his destination at the beginning of the story?
(a) His friend’s house.
(b) He sleeps outside.
(c) An inn.
(d) His brother’s house.

5. How does Aksionov reply when asked by the new prisoners why he is in jail?
(a) He says he must have deserved it.
(b) He says he killed a man.
(c) He says he was wrongfully convicted of murder.
(d) He says he robbed a bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Semyonich say that makes Aksionov certain it was he who committed the crime?

2. Who does Aksionov’s wife tell him she has already petitioned to try to get him out?

3. How does Aksionov remember his younger self after discovering who really killed the merchant?

4. What does Aksionov ask of the prisoner who says he is from Vladimir?

5. What did the convoy soldiers notice after taking the convicts out to work one day?

(see the answer key)

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