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

2. What does Aksionov say to Semyonich when he asks his forgiveness and calls himself a wretch?
(a) He says he forgives him.
(b) He says God will forgive hm.
(c) He says he could never forgive him.
(d) He says he does not need his forgiveness.

3. 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 committed murder.
(c) They tell them someone killed a merchant and hid his knife among Aksionov’s things.
(d) They tell them he will not say why he is there.

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

5. How does Makar Semyonich react when he hears of why Aksionov is in prison?
(a) Excited.
(b) Despondent.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Aksionov feel after saying that he may be “a hundred times worse” (117) than Semyonich?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aksionov discover Makar Semyonich has done one night when he is walking the prison after not sleeping for two weeks?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does the Governor come to question the prisoners near the end of the story?

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