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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tenth Notebook, Diable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What courtesy do the jailers extend to Papillon?
(a) He does not have to wear handcuffs.
(b) He can have all the cigarettes he wants.
(c) He does not have to wear striped prison clothes.
(d) He is allowed visits from prostitutes.

2. Papillon determines the best way to deal with the mental challenges of __________________.
(a) Outwitting the guards.
(b) Being on death row.
(c) Solitary confinement.
(d) Making true friends.

3. What does Papillon know when he reaches prison?
(a) He will die there.
(b) He will be set free.
(c) He will escape.
(d) He will cause a riot.

4. Papillon's friends smuggled in a coconut and _______________ for him every day in solitary.
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Fish.
(c) Wine.
(d) Cigarettes.

5. One of the men in Papillon's group grew up at the bagne and is ___________________.
(a) a cook's son.
(b) a judge's son.
(c) a prison guard's son.
(d) a minister's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which prisoner breaks his leg in the escape?

2. What is a cavale?

3. What is the name of the animal that Papillon has to lead to the sea?

4. Papillon's time in the insane asylum is put down as _____________________.

5. What is Papillon's only rule for the three convicts wanting to leave on his boat?

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