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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a cavale?
(a) A boat.
(b) An escape.
(c) A French pastry.
(d) A gardening tool.

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

3. What happens when coconuts are withheld from Papillon for awhile?
(a) He gets delirious.
(b) He can't sleep.
(c) He becomes very weak.
(d) He is dehydrated.

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

5. Why are Papillon and Clousiot unable to make their escape from Colombia?
(a) They both get dysentery and cannot walk.
(b) They are too weak from starvation.
(c) They get malaria and go out of their minds.
(d) They break bones when they jump off a wall.

6. What are the men in the Caen jail not allowed to do all day?
(a) Close their eyes.
(b) Lie down.
(c) Eat.
(d) Go to the bathroom.

7. When an escape occurs on the island, the warden is punished by losing pay and ________________.
(a) Bonuses.
(b) Time off.
(c) Benefits.
(d) Seniority.

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

9. Who is willing to carry messages for Papillon?
(a) A sweeper.
(b) A guard.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) A cook.

10. Who gives Papillon and the others the directions to Ile aux Pigeons?
(a) Masked Boulanger.
(b) Masked Breton.
(c) Masked Bertrand.
(d) Masked Broussard.

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

12. How many days does the trip to the bagne take?
(a) 27.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 18.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Papillon's sentence?

2. Why does Papillon try to learn all he can about the bagne?

3. What courtesy do the jailers extend to Papillon?

4. Why does Papillon ingest the picric acid?

5. Which prisoner breaks his leg in the escape?

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