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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the prisoner who comes from Vladimir, Aksionov’s hometown?
2. How does Aksionov remember his younger self after discovering who really killed the merchant?
3. What does Makar Semyonich beg Aksionov for after he confesses to him what he did?
4. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?
5. What does the tall man around 60 years old tell the prisoners he was convicted of doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does “God Sees the Truth But Waits” end?
2. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov about the merchant’s murder?
3. How does Aksionov reply to the Governor when asked who dug the tunnel?
4. What do the new convicts discuss when they first arrive at the prison?
5. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich when he enters his room at night after the tunnel was found.
6. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich about being released from prison?
7. Why does Aksionov begin to suspect Makar Semyonich is the one who killed the merchant?
8. What does Aksionov discover Makar Semyonich has done one night when he is walking the prison after not sleeping for two weeks?
9. How does the Governor ask Aksionov about the tunnel, thinking it will convince him to tell what he knows?
10. Why does Semyonich come to beg Aksionov’s forgiveness after the tunnel was found?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the ending of “God Sees the Truth, But Waits.” How did the ending effect you emotionally? Do you think the ending was effective? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 2
Write an analysis of the role of material possessions in the story. Consider Aksionov’s relationship to buying things at the beginning to what Aksionov owns while in prison.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing why Aksionov does not tell the Governor that it was Makar Semyonich who dug the tunnel.
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