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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the inmate with whom Papillon becomes a friend?
(a) Robichaud.
(b) Dega.
(c) Lafayette.
(d) La Petit.

2. What is a plan?
(a) A tube of money stored in the anus.
(b) Menus for a week.
(c) An escape strategy.
(d) A configuration of cells.

3. What color predominates the courtroom in which Papillon is tried?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

4. Which country has no procedure for returning escapees because no one has ever made it that far?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Panama.
(d) Venezuela.

5. Who is the man who serves as clerk on the island?
(a) Durand.
(b) Dega.
(c) Depaul.
(d) Dubois.

6. What does the Bowen family tell the escapees about Trinidad?
(a) It is under Indian rule.
(b) Prisoners cannot settle there.
(c) Hurricanes are a common occurrence.
(d) Fish and fruit are plentiful for everyone.

7. Papillon determines the best way to deal with the mental challenges of __________________.
(a) Outwitting the guards.
(b) Being on death row.
(c) Making true friends.
(d) Solitary confinement.

8. What is the nickname for the warden at the Royale bagne?
(a) Coco Sec.
(b) Coco Loco.
(c) Mara Loco.
(d) Luna Sec.

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

10. Who is the other prisoner who is going to escape with Papillon?
(a) Fournier.
(b) Desmarais.
(c) Chevalier.
(d) Clousiot.

11. Papillon learns that the convoy to which prison will leave in two days?
(a) Salpetriere.
(b) Saint-Martin-De-Re.
(c) Saint Martin in Chains.
(d) Saint-Pierre-De-Re.

12. What sentence are men never given in Colombia?
(a) Death.
(b) Twenty years to life.
(c) Life in prison.
(d) Five to ten years.

13. What courtesy do the jailers extend to Papillon?
(a) He does not have to wear handcuffs.
(b) He does not have to wear striped prison clothes.
(c) He can have all the cigarettes he wants.
(d) He is allowed visits from prostitutes.

14. In what prison is Papillon held for awhile in Colombia?
(a) Santa Louisa.
(b) Santa Maria.
(c) Santa Marta.
(d) Santa Clara.

15. Which prisoner takes great interest in Papillon's escape plan?
(a) Joanes Clousiot.
(b) Johannes Broussard.
(c) Jean Chen.
(d) Jacques Chevalier.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Papillon not allowed to do in solitary?

3. Who is the man Papillon is accused of murdering?

4. How does Papillon incapacitate a guard to attempt another escape?

5. What happens to Papillon and the others when arriving at Curacao?

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