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

2. Who turns Papillon in to the authorities?
(a) A school teacher.
(b) Another convict.
(c) The Mother Superior.
(d) A scorned lover.

3. Why does Papillon think it would be wrong to punish him for trying to escape?
(a) Because he never killed any guards.
(b) Because he is an innocent man.
(c) Because it is what every man would do in his position.
(d) Because he is insane.

4. What is Papillon's sentence?
(a) Twenty years to life.
(b) Life in prison with ZSSSSSSSSSShard labor.
(c) Death.
(d) Five years of hard labor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papillon open to inspect when he and the others find a house in Curacao?

2. Who calls the police because he has been told that Papillon has stolen money?

3. What is stuck to the bowl that the leper, Toussaint, hands to Papillon?

4. What is Ile aux Pigeons?

5. What is the destination of Papillon and Maturette when they set out from Trinidad?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What weapon has Papillon been able to secure?

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

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

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

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

8. What becomes Papillon's method of communicating while in solitary confinement?

9. What is Papillon convicted of and what is his sentence?

10. How does Papillon get some inside information about the bagne prior to arriving there?

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