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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Third Notebook, The First Cavale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is stuck to the bowl that the leper, Toussaint, hands to Papillon?
(a) Toussaint's finger.
(b) Maggots.
(c) Ashes.
(d) A leaf.

2. Papillon is placed in a jail in Caen while awaiting transfer to the prison in which country?
(a) Finland.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

3. What is the name of the family which welcomes the escapees on the island in #49?
(a) Bourg.
(b) Braud.
(c) Bowen.
(d) Brun.

4. One of the men in Papillon's group grew up at the bagne and is ___________________.
(a) a prison guard's son.
(b) a judge's son.
(c) a minister's son.
(d) a cook's son.

5. How old is Papillon when the book begins?
(a) 17.
(b) 29.
(c) 25.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which island do the escapees reach after days at sea?

2. Who is the woman who loves Papillon and cries out in the courtroom?

3. In what year does the story begin?

4. How does the man in #42 break his leg?

5. Who is the prisoner who Papillon pays to help him escape?

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