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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hole: Solitary Confinement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abbot say it is now routine for him to try to do?
(a) Write short stories.
(b) Escape prison.
(c) Abuse the guards.
(d) Think about his homeland.

2. What city did Abbott escape to?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Montreal.
(d) New Orleans.

3. What does Abbott say intelligence becomes if it is robbed of actual experience?
(a) Hate.
(b) Locked.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Pure.

4. Which of the following does Abbott say strikes him as beautiful when he is out of solitary?
(a) Security guards.
(b) Prison shirts.
(c) Broth.
(d) Bleached floors.

5. What does Abbott liken the experience of a being in a black cell to?
(a) Sleeping in a cave.
(b) Floating in space.
(c) Treading tar.
(d) Swimming in ink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say becomes reality while in solitary confinement?

2. What is the name of the poem Abbott recites in this chapter?

3. What was Abbott sent to Butner North Carolina Correctional Institute for?

4. What drug is Abbott give to stop him from hallucinating?

5. Why was Abbott sent to the Utah State Penitentiary?

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