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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medical condition does the prisoner named Ignace Galgani tell Papillon that he has?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Dysentery.

2. What is the name of the family which welcomes the escapees on the island in #49?
(a) Bourg.
(b) Brun.
(c) Bowen.
(d) Braud.

3. What does the man in #19 say is his personal goal?
(a) To let Papillon have a cell near a window.
(b) To shorten his time in jail.
(c) To consider Papillon's appeal.
(d) To work on Papillon's appeal.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Papillon learns that the convoy to which prison will leave in two days?

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

4. From whom does Papillon receive a note in "En Route to the Bagne"?

5. What happens to Clousiot after two years in solitary confinement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Papillon inspect when they arrive at a house in Curacao and what charges are made against him regarding what Papillon inspects?

2. What do Dega and Galgani smuggle in to Papillon each day of his solitary confinement?

3. What do Papillon and Maturette learn about staying in Trinidad?

4. How does Papillon plan to pay for his escape from Santa Marta and what ruins that escape plan?

5. What is Papillon's philosophy about his escape attempts?

6. Who is Maturette and what is his role in the escape?

7. What kind of reception do Papillon and his cohorts receive in Trinidad?

8. Who are the three prisoners living in Trinidad and under what conditions does Papillon agree to take them with him?

9. Describe the dire conditions in which Papillon lives in while in the Santa Marta prison.

10. What is "a plan" and how does Papillon use it?

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