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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Varieties of Punishment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Abbott writing to?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Patricia Highsmith.
(c) Ernest Hemmingway.
(d) Norman Mailer.

2. What does Abbott say he forgot while in his hotel room?
(a) He was alive.
(b) He had money.
(c) He was free.
(d) He was on the run.

3. Where does Abbott say he spent his childhood?
(a) Orphanages.
(b) Work farms.
(c) Penal institutions.
(d) Foster homes.

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

5. What does Abbott say he did in 1971?
(a) Killed a guard.
(b) Killed an inmate.
(c) Attended a funeral.
(d) Escaped prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say was the only serious crime he committed in free society?

2. What do Abbott's fellow inmates do to ensure Abbott's release from the the starvation diet?

3. What does a starvation diet consist of?

4. What does Abbott say he had to do to urinate while in the Butner institution?

5. Where does Abbott say he is marched to as a thirteen-year-old boy?

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