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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the island girl who claims Papillon as her own?
(a) Nahla.
(b) Lali.
(c) Fera.
(d) Suri.

3. What is Papillon not allowed to do in solitary?
(a) Read the Bible.
(b) Talk to anyone.
(c) Smoke cigarettes.
(d) Sing.

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 cook's son.
(d) a minister's son.

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

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

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

8. From whom does Papillon receive a note in "En Route to the Bagne"?
(a) Boucher.
(b) Batton.
(c) Brun.
(d) Chevalier.

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

10. What does Papillon know when he reaches prison?
(a) He will die there.
(b) He will cause a riot.
(c) He will be set free.
(d) He will escape.

11. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1931.

12. What assistance does Trinidad's navy offer to Papillon and Maturette?
(a) To give them a bigger boat.
(b) To give them nautical maps.
(c) To take them to South America.
(d) To refit their boat.

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

14. How many years of solitary confinement do Papillon, Maturette and Clousiot receive when they return to the bagne?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What stalls Papillon's departure from Curacao?

2. What are the people of Ile aux Pigeons careful not to do around Papillon?

3. How many men are in each cell at the Conciergerie?

4. Why are some of the prisoners whipped severely or burned with steam on board the ship to the bagne?

5. What does Papillon show the man in #29 to indicate that Papillon is protecting Galgani?

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