Characters 1
This character was arrested and put in jail for stealing a loaf of bread
Jean Val Jean
This character gives Jean silver and buys his soul for God
The Bishop
Jean becomes the mayor of this town
M sur M
Fantine sold these to get money to pay the Thenardiers
Hair and Teeth
How does Jean fake his own death and escape from prison after he is arrested by Javert?
He throws himself overboard and swims away
This character was a law student who became a soldier fighting for the revolutionists
Marius
This character is a little girl in the care of the Thenardiers at the beginning of the story. She grows up and marries Marius.
Cosette
This is the first town Jean goes to after he leaves prison at the beginning of the novel
Town of D
With what was Jean's strength considered equal to?
The strength of four ordinary men
What does Cosette nickname the black satchel Jean always keeps with him?
Inseparable
This character was mother to Cosette
Fantine
This character is a detective who vows to capture the criminal Jean Val Jean
Javert
Jean carries Marius through the sewers under this city (the capital city of France)
Paris
How did France keep track of its ex-convicts?
Yellow Passports
How does Marius realize Jean was the one who saved him from the barricade?
He sees the piece of cloth cut from his clothes that Thenardier shows him
This character is saved by Jean Val Jean and then gets a job as a gardener at a convent
Father Fauchevelent
This character is the little Savoy boy who Jean robs on the road
Gervais
Jean goes to this town so he can go to court and clear the name of a man who is falsely accused of being Jean Val Jean
Arras
600 000 Francs
What does Jean take from the Bishop's house? What does the Bishop give him?
Silver spoons, Silver candlesticks
This character is a greedy man who charges Jean money to take Cosette home
Thenardier
This is the name Jean Val Jean uses when he begins his new life in M sur M
Madeline
This is a small town just outside of Paris where the Thenardiers live
Montfermiel
This is what the little girls called the beautiful doll in the store window in Montfermiel
The Princess
In Paris, where are Jean's happiest hours spent?
In the park