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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which island do the escapees reach after days at sea?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) St. Barts.
(c) Bahamas.
(d) Jamaica.
2. How many days does the trip to the bagne take?
(a) 18.
(b) 27.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.
3. Why are Papillon and Clousiot unable to make their escape from Colombia?
(a) They break bones when they jump off a wall.
(b) They both get dysentery and cannot walk.
(c) They are too weak from starvation.
(d) They get malaria and go out of their minds.
4. What does Papillon realize about the boat to be used in the escape?
(a) There are no oars with it.
(b) It is not sufficient to carry them to sea.
(c) It is white and will be spotted easily.
(d) It is leaking in several places.
5. Papillon is placed in a jail in Caen while awaiting transfer to the prison in which country?
(a) Finland.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.
6. What courtesy do the jailers extend to Papillon?
(a) He does not have to wear handcuffs.
(b) He can have all the cigarettes he wants.
(c) He is allowed visits from prostitutes.
(d) He does not have to wear striped prison clothes.
7. When an escape occurs on the island, the warden is punished by losing pay and ________________.
(a) Bonuses.
(b) Benefits.
(c) Time off.
(d) Seniority.
8. What color predominates the courtroom in which Papillon is tried?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.
9. What happens to the smuggler in #97?
(a) He is set off to sea on a raft.
(b) He is hanged.
(c) He is buried alive.
(d) He is beaten to death.
10. Which country is willing to let Papillon and Maturette dock and rest for awhile on their journey?
(a) Curacao.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Korea.
(d) Panama.
11. What is a plan?
(a) Menus for a week.
(b) A configuration of cells.
(c) A tube of money stored in the anus.
(d) An escape strategy.
12. How does Papillon utilize a younger prisoner with a feminine appearance?
(a) To crawl through a small space.
(b) To hide his plan.
(c) To seduce a guard.
(d) To distract the other prisoners.
13. What does Papillon admit to the authorities?
(a) He will kill anyone who tries to stop him from leaving.
(b) He has escaped from Rio Hacha.
(c) He will give them all his pearls if they don't arrest him.
(d) He will kill himself before being taken back to prison.
14. What does the man in #19 say is his personal goal?
(a) To shorten his time in jail.
(b) To consider Papillon's appeal.
(c) To let Papillon have a cell near a window.
(d) To work on Papillon's appeal.
15. One of the men in Papillon's group grew up at the bagne and is ___________________.
(a) a cook's son.
(b) a judge's son.
(c) a minister's son.
(d) a prison guard's son.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many years of solitary confinement do Papillon, Maturette and Clousiot receive when they return to the bagne?
2. What are the people of Ile aux Pigeons careful not to do around Papillon?
3. In what year does the story begin?
4. What assistance does Trinidad's navy offer to Papillon and Maturette?
5. From whom does Papillon receive a note in "En Route to the Bagne"?
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