The Short Story: God Sees the Truth, But Waits Quiz Worksheet Part I Last Name ____________________________________ Date ______________ First Name ____________________________________ Period 5 This part is due at the end of the period today! 1. Who is the author of this short story? ______________________ 2. What was Ivan's personality? ______________________ 3. How many houses did Ivan have? ______________________ 4. What vice did I have when he was young, but gave up after marriage? ______________________ 5. What did Ivan's wife have that served to warn that Ivan would have trouble on his journey? ______________________ 6. She said what happened to Ivan's hair? ______________________ 7. Ivan usually slept late, True or False? ______________________ 8. A samovar is used to make what drink? ______________________ 9. Which four letters of the word troika can be rearranged to tell you the number of horses used to pull this kind of vehicle? ______________________ 10. How was Ivan's fellow merchant killed? ______________________ 11. What did the officer find in Ivan's bags? ______________________ 12. What are rubles? ______________________ 13. According to Ivan, when was the last time he saw the merchant? ______________________ 14. When asked if Ivan's reputation in his home town, what did the people answer? __________________________________________________________ 15. How much did Ivan supposedly steal? ____________________ 16. What happened to Ivan's wife when she saw him in chains? ____________________ 17. What did the people call their ruler in Russia, at this time? ____________________ 18. Before Ivan's wife leaves his cell, she too implies what? ____________________ 19. Ivan decides that only Whom knows the truth? ____________________ 20. What was Ivan's sentence? ______________________________________________________________ 21. How many years did Ivan spend in Siberia? ____________________ 22. What happened to his hair? ____________________ 23. What did Ivan learn to make while in prison? ____________________ 24. How was Ivan eventually treated in prison? ____________________ 25. What news does Ivan learn bout his family's financial situation, from the new prisoner? ____________________ 26. What does Semyonich exclaim when he hears that Ivan is from the same village? ____________________ 27. From what Semyonich says, Ivan begins to suspect him of what? ____________________ 28. How did the next two weeks feel for Ivan? ____________________ 29. What had Semyonich dug, and how did he hide the evidence of this deed? ______________________________________________________________ 30. When asked who dug the tunnel, how did Ivan, who knew the truth, answer? ______________ 31. From guilt, what does Semyonich reveal to Ivan? ____________________ 32. Ivan uses the tunnel that Semyonich dug to escape, True or False? ______________ Vocabulary Read each of the following sentences, and then use a dictionary to help you decide the meanings of the underlined words, as they appear in these sentences. Write these definitions on the lines provided. 1. In addition to the total destruction of the house, the fire caused three young children to perish. _________________________________________________________ 2. Because he wanted to run for public office, John asked people who supported him to sign a petition. _________________________________________________________ 3. After many tragic events in her life, Pam became a miserable wretch. _________________________________________________________ 4. Years ago, captains punished disobedient sailors by having them flogged with several strokes on their backs. _________________________________________________________ 5. Inquiries as to his character were made in Vladimir. _________________________________________________________ 6. . . .with a closely-cropped gray beard. . . _________________________________________________________ 7. . . . and his premature old age. . . _________________________________________________________ IDENTIFYING WORD PARTS With this assignment you will learn to determine the meaning of a word by examining the parts that make up that word. Remember, there are three kinds of word parts: prefixes, suffixes, and base words. Examine the following words, taken form God Sees the Truth, But Waits. Divide each word into its parts. Put each part in the proper column. Then give the meaning of the word. If a word has no prefix or suffix put 0 in the column. You may wish to refer to pages 374-375 in your book for help. Example: return 1. UNSTRAPPED 5. EMBARRASSMENT 8. PREMATURE 2. IMPRISON 6. MISFORTUNE 9. PRISONER 3. MEEKNESS 7. WONDERFUL 10. REASSURE 4. UNJUST PREFIX BASE WORD SUFFIX MEANING RE- TURN 0 COME BACK _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ The Short Story: God Sees the Truth, But Waits Quiz Worksheet Part II Last Name ____________________________________ Date ________________ First Name ____________________________________ Period 5 this part is due the next day (after part 1 is completed in class) *** USE COMPLETE SENTENCES TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS OR YOUR ANSWERS WILL BE DISCARDED.*** 1. The author of God Sees the Truth, But Waits uses foreshadowing in the story. Use a dictionary or other source to find out the meaning of the word foreshadowing and give examples of two places in the story that this occurs. a. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ b. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. An internal conflict as you know, is a struggle within a character (mental). a. What is the internal conflict Ivan faces, at the end of the story, and how does he resolve it? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ b. What is the internal conflict Makar must be going through, too, and how does he resolve it? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 3. Much of the story deals with Ivan's religious beliefs, and the faith he places in God. a. What specific actions demonstrate Ivan's belief in God? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ b. How does this belief affect the decisions he makes in the story? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 4. What kind of character changes does Ivan Aksionov go through in this story? Identify at least two. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ PRISONS Since the story you just read deals with what seems a rather unfair system of punishment, it might be interesting to investigate some of the more famous forms of imprisonment in the United States and the word. Use a dictionary or encyclopedia to answer the following questions: 1. Write the dictionary definition of penology. ________________ 2. Write a brief description of each of the following: London House of Correction: ___________________________________________________________ Sing Sing ___________________________________________________________ Pennsylvania System ___________________________________________________________ Auburn System ___________________________________________________________ Siberia ___________________________________________________________ WRITING FROM EXPERIENCE Stories such as God Sees the Truth, But Waits often use dreams as a method of foreshadowing events to come. In a paragraph, tell of some dream you may have had or have heard about someone having that has been used as an omen or prediction of what is to come.