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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 a prisoner given once a day as part of the C-300 punishment?
(a) Soup.
(b) A bath.
(c) Water.
(d) A sponge.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the town's dance hall Abbott was passing through?

2. Who is the punk the slave to?

3. What kind of animal does Abbott compare to an inmate?

4. What does Abbott say his lungs were burning with?

5. What drug does Abbott call therapeutic?

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