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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Semyonich respond when Aksionov asks if he has heard of his crime?
(a) He says it sounded familiar but he was not sure.
(b) He says he followed the trial in the news.
(c) He says he has but it was long ago and he has forgotten what he heard.
(d) He says he never heard of it.

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

3. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov one night in his cell regarding Aksionov’s alleged crime?
(a) He says he knows the police set him up.
(b) He says he heard the merchant survived.
(c) He tells him he killed the merchant and hid the knife in Aksionov’s things.
(d) He says he knows Aksionov killed the merchant.

4. How does Aksionov feel after saying that he may be “a hundred times worse” (117) than Semyonich?
(a) Sick.
(b) His heart feels light and he no longer yearns for home.
(c) Like a liar.
(d) Enraged.

5. What does Aksionov say to Makar when he tells him he will be released if he confesses?
(a) He tells him God would forgive him if he told the truth.
(b) He tells him he would be forever grateful.
(c) He tells him that he has no where to go if he were released.
(d) He tells him he cannot wait to get out.

6. What does the Governor say to Aksionov when asking him who dug the tunnel?
(a) He says to tell him before God who did it.
(b) He says he thinks it was Aksionov.
(c) He says he knows Aksionov knows who did it.
(d) He says Aksionov will be flogged if he cannot tell him who did it.

7. What does Aksionov try to do day and night after meeting Semyonich, but it brings him no peace?
(a) Write.
(b) Read.
(c) Pray.
(d) Play guitar.

8. What does the new prisoner tell Aksionov of his family?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They are poor.
(c) He has never heard of them.
(d) They moved to America.

9. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov will happen to him if Aksionov “blabs” on him?
(a) Nothing because no one will believe a murderer.
(b) He will be sent to solitary.
(c) He will be hanged.
(d) He will be flogged to death.

10. Who questions the prisoners about the tunnel that was found in the prison?
(a) The Czar.
(b) The Governor.
(c) Aksionov.
(d) The officer.

11. What is something Aksionov does NOT think of in bed the night he first met Semyonich?
(a) Writing to the Czar once more.
(b) His children.
(c) How his wife told him not to go to the fair.
(d) Getting his revenge.

12. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do because Aksionov did not tell the Governor what he did?
(a) Confess to killing the merchant.
(b) Help Aksionov escape.
(c) Pray with Aksionov daily.
(d) Give his life over to God.

13. What does Semyonich say that makes Aksionov certain it was he who committed the crime?
(a) He mentioned the name of the innkeeper.
(b) He mentioned the brand of knife used to kill the merchant.
(c) He knew how the merchant looked.
(d) He mentioned that Aksionov was sleeping with his bag under his head when the knife was planted.

14. What does Aksionov notice from under one of the shelves one night while walking around the prison?
(a) A letter from Semyonich.
(b) A lighter.
(c) Some earth.
(d) A bible.

15. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?
(a) The Czar.
(b) Aksionov’s wife.
(c) Semyonich.
(d) The Governor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aksionov do when he sees Semyonich sobbing after begging his forgiveness?

2. How does Aksionov reply when asked by the new prisoners why he is in jail?

3. What reason does Aksionov tell Semyonich for not needing to kill him?

4. After they way Semyonich reacted to Aksionov’s story, what does Aksionov begin to believe about Semyonich?

5. What does Aksionov ask of the prisoner who says he is from Vladimir?

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