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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Aksionov earn money in prison?
(a) Selling cigarettes.
(b) Making gloves.
(c) Writing appeals for other prisoners.
(d) Making boots.

4. What is the name of the vehicle that approaches while Aksionov is resting at the inn?
(a) A troika.
(b) A sled.
(c) A samovar.
(d) A buggy.

5. Where do the soldiers and officer take Aksionov?
(a) To a prison in a nearby town.
(b) To his house.
(c) To the office of the Governor.
(d) To a prison in his hometown.

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

7. Who is the main character introduced at the beginning of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?
(a) Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov.
(b) Dmitrich Vladimir Nishny.
(c) Vladimir Dmitrich Aksionov.
(d) Ivan Vladimir Ivanov.

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

9. What trait of Aksionov does Tolstoy give as the reason he is liked by the prison authorities?
(a) Studiousness.
(b) Meekness.
(c) Industriousness.
(d) Sense of humor.

10. Who does Aksionov say is the only person they must appeal to after his wife leaves?
(a) The dead merchant.
(b) God.
(c) The Czar.
(d) The Prime MInister.

11. How many years does Aksionov spend in prison?
(a) 26.
(b) 16.
(c) 6.
(d) 36.

12. How many shops does Aksionov own at the beginning of the story?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

13. Where is the fair Aksionov is heading to at the start of the story?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Samara.
(c) Nizhny.
(d) St. Petersburg.

14. How many homes does Aksionov own at the beginning of the story?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Aksionov’s hair after 26 years in prison?

2. What did Aksionov do excessively at one time, but give up after marriage?

3. How much money does Aksionov tell the officer he has on him?

4. What is Aksionov asked about his previous night’s stay?

5. What do the prisoners ask of Aksionov whenever they want to “petition the prison authorities about anything” (111)?

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