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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Killing his wife.
(d) Hitting an officer.

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

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

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

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

7. After they way Semyonich reacted to Aksionov’s story, what does Aksionov begin to believe about Semyonich?
(a) He too has been wrongfully accused.
(b) That he killed the merchant.
(c) He is his wife’s new husband.
(d) He is his son.

8. 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 asks to see the tunnel.
(c) He says that he dug the tunnel.
(d) He says it was Semyonich without a doubt.

9. What did the convoy soldiers notice after taking the convicts out to work one day?
(a) That someone had emptied some earth from his boots.
(b) A tool used for digging.
(c) That someone had escaped.
(d) That Semyonich has cuts on his hand and head.

10. 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 could never forgive him.
(d) He says he does not need his forgiveness.

11. What does the Governor say to Aksionov when asking him who dug the tunnel?
(a) He says he thinks it was Aksionov.
(b) He says to tell him before God who did it.
(c) He says Aksionov will be flogged if he cannot tell him who did it.
(d) He says he knows Aksionov knows who did it.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the prisoners all say when questioned by the Governor?

2. What does Makar Semyonich beg Aksionov for after he confesses to him what he did?

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

4. What is something Aksionov does NOT think of in bed the night he first met Semyonich?

5. How does Aksionov reply when asked by the new prisoners why he is in jail?

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