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

2. 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.

3. What do the other prisoners tell the newcomers about how Aksionov ended up in Siberia?
(a) They tell them he robbed the innkeeper.
(b) They tell them he committed murder.
(c) They tell them someone killed a merchant and hid his knife among Aksionov’s things.
(d) They tell them he will not say why he is there.

4. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?
(a) The Czar.
(b) Semyonich.
(c) Aksionov’s wife.
(d) The Governor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aksionov remember his younger self after discovering who really killed the merchant?

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

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

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

5. What does Aksionov say to Semyonich when he asks his forgiveness and calls himself a wretch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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