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

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

3. What does Aksionov say to Semyonich when he asks his forgiveness and calls himself a wretch?
(a) He says he forgives him.
(b) He says he does not need his forgiveness.
(c) He says he could never forgive him.
(d) He says God will forgive hm.

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

5. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov will happen to him if Aksionov “blabs” on him?
(a) He will be hanged.
(b) He will be flogged to death.
(c) He will be sent to solitary.
(d) Nothing because no one will believe a murderer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Semyonich respond when Aksionov asks if he has heard of his crime?

4. What does Aksionov notice from under one of the shelves one night while walking around the prison?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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