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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Papillon set free after only 19 months of an eight-year sentence?
(a) He is teaching the warden's son how to speak German.
(b) He is ill and needs fresh air to live.
(c) He tries to save a young girl from a shark attack.
(d) He gets a reprieve from the king.

2. What does Diable mean?
(a) Wretchedness.
(b) Devil's Island.
(c) Pain.
(d) Desire.

3. How does Sylvain die?
(a) He is shot by a guard.
(b) He is eaten by sharks.
(c) He breaks his neck in a fall.
(d) He is swallowed by quicksand.

4. Why has Papillon decided to begin a new escape plan?
(a) The weather is more favorable.
(b) He is feeling healthy again.
(c) He wants to return to Curacao.
(d) The old warden is gone.

5. What happens to the men who killed Carobnieri?
(a) They are found innocent.
(b) They are exiled on a raft with no supplies.
(c) The prisoners kill them.
(d) They are found guilty but pardoned.

6. To what do Papillon and his cohorts tie up when arriving at the country in #167?
(a) A dock.
(b) A yacht.
(c) A mine.
(d) A reef.

7. What is the name of the village where Papillon and his cohorts are taken in?
(a) Irapa.
(b) Irana.
(c) Ixtaca.
(d) Islandia.

8. What is Papillon's extraordinary change in character?
(a) He wants to study to become an attorney.
(b) He wants to serve out his punishment and then go free and clear.
(c) He wants to study to become a police officer.
(d) He wants to return to his Indian wives.

9. How do the sharks know to come near the prison to eat the corpses?
(a) They come every day at the same time.
(b) They come after the bell is rung.
(c) They are always there.
(d) They come when they smell blood.

10. Who is Chang's brother who helps Papillon?
(a) Cuic-Cuic.
(b) Chao-Chao.
(c) Chen-Chen.
(d) Chi-Chi.

11. How many years of solitary confinement does Papillon receive for killing the man in #116?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

12. What does Papillon know will happen to Carobnieri's dead body?
(a) It will be buried in the prison graveyard.
(b) The sharks will eat it.
(c) It will be sent back to France.
(d) It will be cremated.

13. What seems to dismay Papillon about the prison?
(a) Why any men would choose to work there.
(b) Why the wardens are changed so often.
(c) Why the food is always spoiled.
(d) How the prisoners simply accept their fate.

14. Why is Papillon saddled with the mentally and physically challenged man?
(a) The man can teach Papillon a new trade.
(b) The man adores Papillon.
(c) Papillon can speak Spanish.
(d) Papillon can carry him where he needs to go.

15. What is the name of the animal that Papillon has to lead to the sea?
(a) Theo.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Max.
(d) Sam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the torpedo ship land?

2. How many others join Papillon on another cavale?

3. What is Papillon's response when three prisoners come to him with a plan for a revolt?

4. Papillon is so affected by Carobnieri's death that he ___________________.

5. What do Papillon and the others encounter a few days after their journey?

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