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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. One day, someone asks Papillon if Maturette is ___________________.
(a) Innocent of his crime.
(b) Papillon's property.
(c) A religious man.
(d) An educated man.

2. Who does Papillon kill for squealing about Papillon's escape?
(a) Thierry Bessette.
(b) Remy Boutin.
(c) Bebert Celier.
(d) Serge Bertrand.

3. Papillon says that it is a role of survival to have _________________ at all times.
(a) A knife.
(b) Money.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Food.

4. How does Papillon know that this escape attempt is a success?
(a) No prisoners have been returned since the onset of the war.
(b) He is with U.S. military personnel.
(c) The men on the ship are friendly.
(d) He is promised a ride back to France.

5. On what is Papillon working in "A Raft in a Tomb"?
(a) An organic garden.
(b) A prison library.
(c) His next escape plan.
(d) Boat repairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papillon know will happen to Carobnieri's dead body?

2. What is the condition on which Papillon is to be set free?

3. What happens to the men who killed Carobnieri?

4. What does Diable mean?

5. The new warden asks Papillon not to attempt an escape for ________________ and then the warden would be gone.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carbonieri die and what rule of survival does Papillon say that Carbonieri failed to uphold?

2. Describe Papillon's rescue by the torpedo ship.

3. How does Papillon know that the revolt at the Royale prison has taken place and how does Papillon intervene to get the situation calmed down with the warden?

4. What is Papillon's idea to prevent the sharks from consuming Carbonieri's body?

5. How does Papillon end his story?

6. What happens to the three prisoners who come to Papillon with the plan for a revolt at Royale prison?

7. What reasons can Papillon give for Sylvain's demise and what selfish thought does Papillon harbor then?

8. How does the war play a part in Papillon's rescue?

9. What ill fate does Sylvain come to during the escape attempt with Papillon?

10. What is a "Lisette" and who agrees to accompany Papillon on his next escape attempt?

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