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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tenth Notebook, Diable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some of the other prisoners decline Papillon's offer to escape?
(a) They want to wait for a better escape plan.
(b) They are too weak.
(c) They don't have the money.
(d) It is too risky.

2. How does the man in #42 break his leg?
(a) Jumping over the prison wall.
(b) A guard shoots him in the leg.
(c) He falls into a ditch.
(d) A wagon falls on it.

3. Papillon's friends smuggled in a coconut and _______________ for him every day in solitary.
(a) Fish.
(b) Wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Cigarettes.

4. Who is the warden at the Royale bagne?
(a) Boutin.
(b) Bourque.
(c) Bonnet.
(d) Barrot.

5. What is the reason for gunfire in the middle of the night at the bagne?
(a) A guard is torturing a prisoner.
(b) Julot has escaped.
(c) Girard faces a firing squad.
(d) Three men are caught trying to scale the prison wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Clousiot after two years in solitary confinement?

2. What does Papillon bribe those who dish out the food to do for him?

3. What is a bagne?

4. What is Papillon's only rule for the three convicts wanting to leave on his boat?

5. Which prisoner does Galgani fear?

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