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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Aksionov ask of the prisoner who says he is from Vladimir?
(a) If he goes to the church in Vladimir.
(b) If he knows of the merchants Aksionov and if they are alive.
(c) If he is his son.
(d) If he has been to one of his shops.

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

4. 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) Like a liar.
(c) Sick.
(d) Enraged.

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

6. What do the other prisoners tell the newcomers about how Aksionov ended up in Siberia?
(a) They tell them someone killed a merchant and hid his knife among Aksionov’s things.
(b) They tell them he will not say why he is there.
(c) They tell them he committed murder.
(d) They tell them he robbed the innkeeper.

7. What is the name of the prisoner who comes from Vladimir, Aksionov’s hometown?
(a) Seymour Malkovich.
(b) Makar Ivanov.
(c) Makar Semyonich.
(d) Ivan Semyonich.

8. What happens to Aksionov before he can be released from prison?
(a) He dies.
(b) He kills the guard.
(c) He escapes.
(d) He kills Semyonich.

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

10. How does Aksionov remember his younger self after discovering who really killed the merchant?
(a) Ignorant and weak.
(b) Carefree and merry.
(c) Rich and handsome.
(d) Drunk and foolish.

11. What does Semyonich begin to do when Aksionov does not forgive him?
(a) Scream in agony.
(b) Beat his head on the floor.
(c) Wring his hands.
(d) Tear his hear out.

12. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov will happen to him if Aksionov “blabs” on him?
(a) He will be flogged to death.
(b) Nothing because no one will believe a murderer.
(c) He will be hanged.
(d) He will be sent to solitary.

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

14. What does the new prisoner tell Aksionov of his family?
(a) They moved to America.
(b) He has never heard of them.
(c) They are rich.
(d) They are poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aksionov do when he sees Semyonich sobbing after begging his forgiveness?

2. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?

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

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

5. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do to him if Aksionov tells anyone of his secret?

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