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

2. What does Semyonich decide to do at the end of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?
(a) Kill Aksionov.
(b) Escape.
(c) Confess his guilt.
(d) Kill himself.

3. 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.

4. What does the new prisoner tell Aksionov of his family?
(a) He has never heard of them.
(b) They moved to America.
(c) They are rich.
(d) They are poor.

5. What does Aksionov do when he sees Semyonich sobbing after begging his forgiveness?
(a) He spits on Semyonich.
(b) He kicks Semyonich.
(c) He sobs too.
(d) He calls the guards to take him away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Governor say to Aksionov when asking him who dug the tunnel?

3. What did the convoy soldiers notice after taking the convicts out to work one day?

4. What reason does Aksionov tell Semyonich for not needing to kill him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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