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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aksionov say to Semyonich when he asks his forgiveness and calls himself a wretch?
(a) He says God will forgive hm.
(b) He says he forgives him.
(c) He says he does not need his forgiveness.
(d) He says he could never forgive him.

2. How does Aksionov feel after thinking of the 26 years he spent in prison for another man’s crime?
(a) He feels ready to kill himself.
(b) He feels happy for his health.
(c) He feels thankful he might finally get out.
(d) He feels he must forgive.

3. What does the tall man around 60 years old tell the prisoners he was convicted of doing?
(a) Robbing an Innkeeper.
(b) Stealing a horse.
(c) Hitting an officer.
(d) Killing his wife.

4. How does Makar Semyonich react when he hears of why Aksionov is in prison?
(a) Despondent.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.

5. What does Aksionov notice from under one of the shelves one night while walking around the prison?
(a) A bible.
(b) A lighter.
(c) A letter from Semyonich.
(d) Some earth.

6. What do the old prisoners ask the new prisoners upon their arrival?
(a) If they have any money.
(b) Where they came from and what crimes they are sentenced for.
(c) If they have petitioned the Czar.
(d) If they have any cigarettes.

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

8. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov one night in his cell regarding Aksionov’s alleged crime?
(a) He says he knows Aksionov killed the merchant.
(b) He says he knows the police set him up.
(c) He tells him he killed the merchant and hid the knife in Aksionov’s things.
(d) He says he heard the merchant survived.

9. What does Semyonich say that makes Aksionov certain it was he who committed the crime?
(a) He knew how the merchant looked.
(b) He mentioned that Aksionov was sleeping with his bag under his head when the knife was planted.
(c) He mentioned the name of the innkeeper.
(d) He mentioned the brand of knife used to kill the merchant.

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

11. How does Semyonich respond when Aksionov asks if he has heard of his crime?
(a) He says he has but it was long ago and he has forgotten what he heard.
(b) He says it sounded familiar but he was not sure.
(c) He says he followed the trial in the news.
(d) He says he never heard of it.

12. Who does Aksionov see emerge from under a shelf while he was walking the prison at night?
(a) A rat.
(b) A guard.
(c) Semyonich.
(d) The Governor.

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

14. One night when Aksionov cannot sleep he sees Semyonich who tells him he has done what?
(a) Stolen money from other prisoners
(b) Dug a hole through which he can escape.
(c) Heard he was going to be released.
(d) Killed the guard so they can escape.

15. What does Aksionov try to do day and night after meeting Semyonich, but it brings him no peace?
(a) Play guitar.
(b) Read.
(c) Write.
(d) Pray.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Semyonich begin to do when Aksionov does not forgive him?

3. What is the name of the prisoner who comes from Vladimir, Aksionov’s hometown?

4. What does Aksionov tell the person who visits his cell the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?

5. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov will happen to him if Aksionov “blabs” on him?

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