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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aksionov asked about his previous night’s stay?
(a) Where he stayed and with whom.
(b) If he left his luggage there.
(c) The inn’s address.
(d) How much it cost him.

2. Who is the first person to visit Aksionov in jail?
(a) His wife.
(b) The Governor.
(c) His mother.
(d) His son.

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

4. Who emerges from their vehicle to approach Aksionov and question him at the inn?
(a) Two children.
(b) Two women.
(c) Two merchants.
(d) Two soldiers.

5. What does Aksionov’s wife ask him in jail, which upsets him?
(a) If they can divorce.
(b) If he has any money to give to her.
(c) If he committed the crime.
(d) If she can tell their children he died.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Aksionov tell the officer he has on him?

2. Who does Aksionov’s wife tell him she has already petitioned to try to get him out?

3. What does Aksionov do while drinking tea at the inn where he stopped to rest?

4. When Aksionov heads out for the fair in the morning, how long before he stops to rest and feed his horse?

5. Whom does Aksionov spend time with when he stops for the night on his way to the fair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aksionov do when he stops at the Inn for the night on his way to the fair?

2. How does Aksionov earn money in prison and what does he buy with his money?

3. What is Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov’s occupation at the start of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?

4. What does Aksionov decide after his wife leaves the prison after her first visit?

5. Why does Aksionov’s wife say she does not want him to go to the fair?

6. What does Aksionov own at the start of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?

7. What happens when Aksionov’s wife tries to visit him in prison?

8. How is Aksionov described at the start of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?

9. Why do soldiers approach Aksionov at the inn where he stops to rest the morning after he spends time with his merchant friend?

10. Where is Aksionov going at the start of the story to sell his goods?

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