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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Inmates.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abbott think are treated better than people in the hole?
(a) Animals in a zoo.
(b) Prisoners on death row.
(c) Siberian war prisoners.
(d) Refugees.

2. How did the guards try to control Abbott's claustrophobia?
(a) They put a stop to his solitary confinement.
(b) They sedated him at night.
(c) They gave him a bigger cell.
(d) They tied him to his bed.

3. What is the name of the prisoner Abbott recalls in this section?
(a) Loopy.
(b) Sherlock.
(c) Felder.
(d) Striker.

4. What does Abbott condemn every government employee of the prison system as?
(a) Brutal and dishonest.
(b) Unkind and heartless.
(c) Meglomanic and bored.
(d) Violent and tyrannical.

5. What is the worst crime one can commit while in prison?
(a) The murder of a guard.
(b) The murder of an inmate.
(c) The stealing of cigarettes.
(d) The stealing of food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the policeman mentality allow some humans to do?

2. Why does Abbott think the law against cruel and unusual punishment is a joke?

3. What did Abbott do to conserve energy during his starvation diet?

4. What does Abbott say he is amazed of the feel of when he is out of solitary?

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

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