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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 Makar Semyonich react when he hears of why Aksionov is in prison?
2. What reason does Aksionov tell Semyonich for not needing to kill him?
3. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?
4. What does Aksionov say to Semyonich when he asks his forgiveness and calls himself a wretch?
5. What does Aksionov notice from under one of the shelves one night while walking around the prison?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Aksionov begin to suspect Makar Semyonich is the one who killed the merchant?
2. What does Aksionov discover Makar Semyonich has done one night when he is walking the prison after not sleeping for two weeks?
3. Why does Semyonich come to beg Aksionov’s forgiveness after the tunnel was found?
4. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov about the merchant’s murder?
5. How does the Governor ask Aksionov about the tunnel, thinking it will convince him to tell what he knows?
6. What do the new convicts discuss when they first arrive at the prison?
7. How does Aksionov reply to the Governor when asked who dug the tunnel?
8. How does Makar Semyonich come to learn who Aksionov is and how does he react?
9. How does “God Sees the Truth But Waits” end?
10. Why does the Governor come to question the prisoners near the end of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the ending of “God Sees the Truth, But Waits.” How did the ending effect you emotionally? Do you think the ending was effective? What might the author have done differently?
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 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.
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