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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. One night when Aksionov cannot sleep he sees Semyonich who tells him he has done what?
(a) Dug a hole through which he can escape.
(b) Killed the guard so they can escape.
(c) Stolen money from other prisoners
(d) Heard he was going to be released.

2. After they way Semyonich reacted to Aksionov’s story, what does Aksionov begin to believe about Semyonich?
(a) He too has been wrongfully accused.
(b) That he killed the merchant.
(c) He is his son.
(d) He is his wife’s new husband.

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

4. What do the other prisoners tell the newcomers about how Aksionov ended up in Siberia?
(a) They tell them he committed murder.
(b) They tell them someone killed a merchant and hid his knife among Aksionov’s things.
(c) They tell them he robbed the innkeeper.
(d) They tell them he will not say why he is there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aksionov try to do day and night after meeting Semyonich, but it brings him no peace?

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

3. Who is the author of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?

4. What does Semyonich decide to do at the end of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?

5. What did Aksionov do excessively at one time, but give up after marriage?

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