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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Aksionov tell Semyonich is the only one who can decide if Aksionov tells on him?

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

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

5. How often does Aksionov hear from his family while in prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Makar tell Aksionov he will do if he tells anyone what he has found out, and how does Aksionov respond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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