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

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

3. How does Aksionov reply when asked by the new prisoners why he is in jail?
(a) He says he killed a man.
(b) He says he must have deserved it.
(c) He says he was wrongfully convicted of murder.
(d) He says he robbed a bank.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aksionov say to Makar when he tells him he will be released if he confesses?

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

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

4. What does Aksionov tell the person who visits his cell the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?

5. What do the old prisoners ask the new prisoners upon their arrival?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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