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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. How does Papillon utilize a younger prisoner with a feminine appearance?
(a) To crawl through a small space.
(b) To distract the other prisoners.
(c) To hide his plan.
(d) To seduce a guard.

2. Why do the three other escapees not want to continue on the journey with Papillon?
(a) They cannot bear such a long crossing.
(b) They are all too sick to go.
(c) They are imprisoned in Curacao.
(d) They want to sail in a different direction.

3. 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.

4. Why do some of the other prisoners decline Papillon's offer to escape?
(a) They are too weak.
(b) They don't have the money.
(c) They want to wait for a better escape plan.
(d) It is too risky.

5. Papillon uses money and ______________ to pay for the aid and supplies for his next escape.
(a) A knife.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Food.
(d) Pearls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a cavale?

2. What sentence are men never given in Colombia?

3. Which prisoner takes great interest in Papillon's escape plan?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Galgani hesitant about taking back his plan?

2. What happens to hamper the escape attempt?

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

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

5. What does Papillon do during an escape attempt from Barranquilla that prevents the escape?

6. What reason does Papillon give to Lati for leaving the Indian island?

7. What is the Ile Aux Pigeons and what benefit comes of visiting there?

8. Why does Papillon agree to carry a plan for another prisoner?

9. What does Papillon receive on the first anniversary of his solitary confinement and what happens to the man who smuggles it in to him?

10. How does Clousiot show some humor regarding how he left his cell?

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