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

2. How does Aksionov reply to the Governor when asked who dug the tunnel?
(a) He asks to see the tunnel.
(b) He says it was Semyonich without a doubt.
(c) He says that he dug the tunnel.
(d) He says it is not God’s will that he should tell.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Governor say to Aksionov when asking him who dug the tunnel?

3. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do to him if Aksionov tells anyone of his secret?

4. What was Semyonich’s demeanor while the Governor questioned Aksionov?

5. Who does Aksionov tell Semyonich is the only one who can decide if Aksionov tells on him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich when he enters his room at night after the tunnel was found.

2. Why does Semyonich come to beg Aksionov’s forgiveness after the tunnel was found?

3. Why does Aksionov begin to suspect Makar Semyonich is the one who killed the merchant?

4. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do so that Aksionov can be set free?

5. What do the new convicts discuss when they first arrive at the prison?

6. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich about being released from prison?

7. How does “God Sees the Truth But Waits” end?

8. How does Makar Semyonich come to learn who Aksionov is and how does he react?

9. How does the Governor ask Aksionov about the tunnel, thinking it will convince him to tell what he knows?

10. What does Makar tell Aksionov he will do if he tells anyone what he has found out, and how does Aksionov respond?

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