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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) That someone had escaped.
(c) That Semyonich has cuts on his hand and head.
(d) A tool used for digging.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Aksionov try to do day and night after meeting Semyonich, but it brings him no peace?

3. What does Semyonich say that makes Aksionov certain it was he who committed the crime?

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

5. What does Semyonich decide to do at the end of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do so that Aksionov can be set free?

2. What does Aksionov discover Makar Semyonich has done one night when he is walking the prison after not sleeping for two weeks?

3. Why does Aksionov begin to suspect Makar Semyonich is the one who killed the merchant?

4. How does Makar Semyonich come to learn who Aksionov is and how does he react?

5. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich when he enters his room at night after the tunnel was found.

6. How does the Governor ask Aksionov about the tunnel, thinking it will convince him to tell what he knows?

7. Why does the Governor come to question the prisoners near the end of the story?

8. How does Aksionov reply to the Governor when asked who dug the tunnel?

9. How does “God Sees the Truth But Waits” end?

10. Why does Semyonich come to beg Aksionov’s forgiveness after the tunnel was found?

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