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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. What does the officer order the soldiers to do to Aksionov after they have searched his luggage?
(a) Hang him.
(b) Bind him and throw him in the cart.
(c) Beat him.
(d) Let him go.

2. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do because Aksionov did not tell the Governor what he did?
(a) Confess to killing the merchant.
(b) Pray with Aksionov daily.
(c) Give his life over to God.
(d) Help Aksionov escape.

3. What does Semyonich decide to do at the end of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?
(a) Confess his guilt.
(b) Escape.
(c) Kill Aksionov.
(d) Kill himself.

4. What does Aksionov tell the officer regarding what they found in his luggage?
(a) He killed the merchant.
(b) It is his.
(c) It is not his.
(d) It is his wife’s.

5. How does Aksionov feel after saying that he may be “a hundred times worse” (117) than Semyonich?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Sick.
(c) Like a liar.
(d) His heart feels light and he no longer yearns for home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the prisoners all say when questioned by the Governor?

2. What do the old prisoners ask the new prisoners upon their arrival?

3. How does Aksionov feel after thinking of the 26 years he spent in prison for another man’s crime?

4. Where is the fair Aksionov is heading to at the start of the story?

5. After they way Semyonich reacted to Aksionov’s story, what does Aksionov begin to believe about Semyonich?

(see the answer key)

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