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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. What happens to Aksionov before he can be released from prison?
2. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do to him if Aksionov tells anyone of his secret?
3. What does Semyonich say that makes Aksionov certain it was he who committed the crime?
4. What does Aksionov ask of the prisoner who says he is from Vladimir?
5. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do so that Aksionov can be set free?
2. Why does Semyonich come to beg Aksionov’s forgiveness after the tunnel was found?
3. What do the new convicts discuss when they first arrive at the prison?
4. Why does Aksionov begin to suspect Makar Semyonich is the one who killed the merchant?
5. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov about the merchant’s murder?
6. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich about being released from prison?
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 Aksionov tell Semyonich when he enters his room at night after the tunnel was found.
9. How does “God Sees the Truth But Waits” end?
10. How does the Governor ask Aksionov about the tunnel, thinking it will convince him to tell what he knows?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay discussing Aksionov’s relationship with his wife. Describe their interactions in the story and explore the reasons they do not communicate after her first prison visit.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Aksionov’s life before his imprisonment to his life after imprisonment. What changes and what, if anything, stays the same?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Makar Semyonich’s character and the changes he goes through during the course of the story.
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