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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the prisoners all say when questioned by the Governor?
(a) They all helped dig the tunnel.
(b) They do not know who did it.
(c) Aksionov did it.
(d) Semyonich did it.

2. How does Aksionov reply when asked by the new prisoners why he is in jail?
(a) He says he killed a man.
(b) He says he must have deserved it.
(c) He says he robbed a bank.
(d) He says he was wrongfully convicted of murder.

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

4. What does Aksionov do when he sees Semyonich sobbing after begging his forgiveness?
(a) He calls the guards to take him away.
(b) He kicks Semyonich.
(c) He sobs too.
(d) He spits on Semyonich.

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

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

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

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 tells him he killed the merchant and hid the knife in Aksionov’s things.
(c) He says he knows the police set him up.
(d) He says he heard the merchant survived.

9. What does Makar Semyonich beg Aksionov for after he confesses to him what he did?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Money to start a new life.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Help escaping.

10. 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.

11. What is something Aksionov does NOT think of in bed the night he first met Semyonich?
(a) Getting his revenge.
(b) How his wife told him not to go to the fair.
(c) His children.
(d) Writing to the Czar once more.

12. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do to him if Aksionov tells anyone of his secret?
(a) He will tell them he saw him kill the merchant.
(b) He will beat him.
(c) He will kill him.
(d) He will kill his family.

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

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

15. What does Aksionov tell the person who visits his cell the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?
(a) He says he is getting released.
(b) He asks the person to kill him.
(c) He says they should escape through the tunnel right away.
(d) He says to leave or he will call the guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aksionov feel after saying that he may be “a hundred times worse” (117) than Semyonich?

2. What does Aksionov say to Makar when he tells him he will be released if he confesses?

3. Who questions the prisoners about the tunnel that was found in the prison?

4. One night when Aksionov cannot sleep he sees Semyonich who tells him he has done what?

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

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