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

2. 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 knows the police set him up.
(c) He says he heard the merchant survived.
(d) He says he knows Aksionov killed the merchant.

3. What does Aksionov say to Makar when he tells him he will be released if he confesses?
(a) He tells him that he has no where to go if he were released.
(b) He tells him he would be forever grateful.
(c) He tells him God would forgive him if he told the truth.
(d) He tells him he cannot wait to get out.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other prisoners tell the newcomers about how Aksionov ended up in Siberia?

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

3. How does Makar Semyonich react when he hears of why Aksionov is in prison?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov about the merchant’s murder?

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

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

5. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich about being released from prison?

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

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

8. What do the new convicts discuss when they first arrive at the prison?

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

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

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