2. How is Aksionov’s beard described after 26 years in prison?
(a) Long, thin, and grey.
(b) He shaves his beard daily.
(c) Short and black.
(d) Blonde and curly.

3. What color is Aksionov’s hair after 26 years in prison?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Red.

4. What does the police officer tell Aksionov about the merchant he saw the night before?
(a) He was found strangled.
(b) He was found with his throat cut.
(c) He is missing.
(d) He was found shot.

5. In what town does Aksionov live at the beginning of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?
(a) Volkhov.
(b) Vladivostok.
(c) Vladimir.
(d) Nizhny.

6. What does Aksionov do after he is taken away by the soldiers and the officer?
(a) He asks to see his wife.
(b) He tries to run away.
(c) He crosses himself and weeps.
(d) He screams he did not do it.

7. Who does Aksionov’s wife tell him she has already petitioned to try to get him out?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) The police officer who arrested him.
(c) The Czar.
(d) The church.

8. Whom does Aksionov spend time with when he stops for the night on his way to the fair?
(a) His brother.
(b) His old friend.
(c) A stranger.
(d) A fellow merchant.

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

10. In what city is Aksionov imprisoned?
(a) Siberia.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Vladimir.
(d) Nizhny.

11. What do the prisoners ask of Aksionov whenever they want to “petition the prison authorities about anything” (111)?
(a) To trick the authorities into doing what they want.
(b) To pray for them.
(c) To write a letter for them.
(d) To be their spokesman.

12. How does Aksionov’s wife react when she sees him in jail for the first time?
(a) She tells him he is getting out.
(b) She passes out.
(c) She says he looks awful.
(d) She calls him a murderer.

13. Who is the author of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Nabokov.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Turgenev.

14. What do the officers and soldier do with Aksionov’s luggage after telling him about the merchant?
(a) They throw it in the trash.
(b) They give it back to him.
(c) They search it.
(d) They take it away.

15. Why does Aksionov’s wife plead with him to stay home at the beginning of the story?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She had a dream that something bad was going to happen.
(c) She does not think he will make any money.
(d) Their baby is sick.