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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Abbott say beat him up outside the dance hall in #152?
(a) A group of businessmen.
(b) A group of mormons.
(c) A group of sailors.
(d) A group of black men.

2. What did Marx say in his letter was ineffective?
(a) Capital punishment.
(b) Workhouses.
(c) Prisons.
(d) Capitalism.

3. What was the name of the criminal Mailer wrote about in the Executioner's Song?
(a) Ted Bundy.
(b) James Banville.
(c) Gary Gilmore.
(d) Fred West.

4. What did Blackie say he wanted to lift the veil on?
(a) The brutality of the guards.
(b) His own madness.
(c) His sadness.
(d) The prison system.

5. What does Abbott think communists fight for?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Human rights.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Institutions.

6. What does Abbott say is a barrier to intelligence?
(a) Racism.
(b) Money.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Materialism.

7. What does Abbott think Gilmore is attracted to?
(a) Fame.
(b) The death sentence.
(c) The underworld.
(d) The afterlife.

8. Who does Abbott say inherited the mathematics test?
(a) Asians.
(b) South Americans.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Africans.

9. What author does Abbott reference in this chapter?
(a) Camus.
(b) Stendhal.
(c) Gide.
(d) Mann.

10. When did Blackie seize four guards as hostages?
(a) During a strike.
(b) During a riot.
(c) During an attempted escape.
(d) During solitary confinement.

11. How does Abbott claim guards instigate violence in prison?
(a) They bully the weak.
(b) They pool people into racial groups.
(c) They put innocent people into solitary.
(d) They spit in prisoner's meals.

12. What does Abbott want two dollars to purchase?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Tea.
(c) Broth.
(d) Toothpaste.

13. What does Abbott say is a fading dream?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Communist revolution.
(c) His soul.
(d) Family.

14. What science does Abbott say intelligence tests are the product of?
(a) Capitalist science.
(b) Christian science.
(c) Bourgeois science.
(d) True science.

15. What does Abbott question about Gilmore?
(a) His sense of timing.
(b) His sanity.
(c) His upbringing.
(d) His intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country does Abbott say is Cuba's master?

2. What does Abbott call Cuba?

3. What does Abbott think it would be more humane to do to a criminal who commits violent acts?

4. What did one newspaper document that happened following several executions?

5. What political system does Abbott want to see overthrown?

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