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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “God Sees the Truth, But Waits” pp. 112-117 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Aksionov punished before he is sent to the mines?
(a) He is electrocuted.
(b) He is flogged.
(c) He is waterboarded.
(d) He is sent to solitary confinement for a week.

2. What do the prisoners all say when questioned by the Governor?
(a) Aksionov did it.
(b) They all helped dig the tunnel.
(c) Semyonich did it.
(d) They do not know who did it.

3. Who is the author of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?
(a) Dostoevsky.
(b) Turgenev.
(c) Nabokov.
(d) Tolstoy.

4. What is Aksionov charged with doing to the merchant from Ryazan?
(a) Robbing him of 20,000 rubles.
(b) Killing him and robbing him of 20,000 rubles.
(c) Stealing his goods.
(d) Killing him.

5. How does Aksionov earn money in prison?
(a) Selling cigarettes.
(b) Making gloves.
(c) Writing appeals for other prisoners.
(d) Making boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?

2. What does Aksionov do after he is taken away by the soldiers and the officer?

3. Who emerges from their vehicle to approach Aksionov and question him at the inn?

4. What trait of Aksionov does Tolstoy give as the reason he is liked by the prison authorities?

5. How does Aksionov remember his younger self after discovering who really killed the merchant?

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