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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Aksionov feel after saying that he may be “a hundred times worse” (117) than Semyonich?
2. How does Aksionov reply when asked by the new prisoners why he is in jail?
3. What is the name of the prisoner who comes from Vladimir, Aksionov’s hometown?
4. What does Makar Semyonich beg Aksionov for after he confesses to him what he did?
5. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Governor ask Aksionov about the tunnel, thinking it will convince him to tell what he knows?
2. How does Makar Semyonich come to learn who Aksionov is and how does he react?
3. How does “God Sees the Truth But Waits” end?
4. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov about the merchant’s murder?
5. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich when he enters his room at night after the tunnel was found.
6. What does Aksionov discover Makar Semyonich has done one night when he is walking the prison after not sleeping for two weeks?
7. How does Aksionov reply to the Governor when asked who dug the tunnel?
8. Why does Aksionov begin to suspect Makar Semyonich is the one who killed the merchant?
9. Why does the Governor come to question the prisoners near the end of the story?
10. What does Makar tell Aksionov he will do if he tells anyone what he has found out, and how does Aksionov respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an analysis of Aksionov’s wife. Describe the brief moments she is in the story and identify the words and behaviors that offer the reader insight into who she is and what she is like.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing why Aksionov does not tell the Governor that it was Makar Semyonich who dug the tunnel.
Essay Topic 3
Write an analysis of the role of material possessions in the story. Consider Aksionov’s relationship to buying things at the beginning to what Aksionov owns while in prison.
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