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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Racism in America and Behind Bars.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is pruno?
(a) Prison wine.
(b) Fried prune paste.
(c) Prison beer.
(d) Baby food.

2. What is capital punishment said to encourage?
(a) Crime books.
(b) GBH.
(c) Crime films.
(d) Murder.

3. What does Abbott say he thought was crushing him?
(a) Stones.
(b) People.
(c) Walls.
(d) Steel doors.

4. Why was Abbott sent to the Utah State Penitentiary?
(a) He bought a car with someone else's credit card.
(b) He issued a check against insufficient funds.
(c) He hit a police officer.
(d) He stabbed a clerk to death.

5. What happens to Abbott after twenty three days in the blackout cell?
(a) He has a nervous breakdown.
(b) He has a seizure.
(c) He starts to hallucinate.
(d) He has a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say one feels happening to oneself when they are in the hole?

2. Who does Abbott say inherited the mathematics test?

3. What does Abbott question about Gilmore?

4. Why was an autopsy never performed on Blackie?

5. What does Abbott say he dreamed about in his hotel room?

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