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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) Hitting an officer.
(b) Robbing an Innkeeper.
(c) Killing his wife.
(d) Stealing a horse.

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

3. Who questions the prisoners about the tunnel that was found in the prison?
(a) The Czar.
(b) The Governor.
(c) The officer.
(d) Aksionov.

4. 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 cannot wait to get out.
(c) He tells him he would be forever grateful.
(d) He tells him God would forgive him if he told the truth.

5. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do because Aksionov did not tell the Governor what he did?
(a) Pray with Aksionov daily.
(b) Help Aksionov escape.
(c) Give his life over to God.
(d) Confess to killing the merchant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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