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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Abbott sent to the Utah State Penitentiary?
(a) He hit a police officer.
(b) He issued a check against insufficient funds.
(c) He bought a car with someone else's credit card.
(d) He stabbed a clerk to death.

2. Who does Abbott say are the source of the guard's evil?
(a) Their wives.
(b) The state.
(c) Religion.
(d) Their upbringings.

3. What does Abbott say a bull is pricked with?
(a) Needles.
(b) Daggers.
(c) Pins.
(d) Spears.

4. What does Abbott believe prison controls?
(a) One's thoughts.
(b) One's life.
(c) One's body.
(d) One's potential.

5. What does Abbott say he dreamed about in his hotel room?
(a) Family.
(b) Prison.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

6. What is the name of a cell that has no light coming into it?
(a) An iron maiden.
(b) A night cell.
(c) A dark cell.
(d) A black out cell.

7. What does Abbott say one must fight while in the hole?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Depression.
(c) Routine and monotony.
(d) Thoughts of suicide.

8. Who does Abbott say pigs don't have to answer to?
(a) The government.
(b) Themselves.
(c) God.
(d) The people.

9. What does Abbott say he had to do to urinate while in the Butner institution?
(a) Stand on his head.
(b) Beg.
(c) Twist his torso.
(d) Ring a bell.

10. What does Abbott say he is amazed of the feel of when he is out of solitary?
(a) A man's hair.
(b) A piece of carpet.
(c) A piece of wood.
(d) A guard's jacket.

11. What drug is Abbott give to stop him from hallucinating?
(a) Thorazine.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Bendedrine.
(d) Somax.

12. 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.

13. What is a shiv?
(a) A card game.
(b) A kebab.
(c) A weapon.
(d) A fossil.

14. What is the name of the punk Abbott refers to in this chapter?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Peter.
(c) Gerard.
(d) Davis.

15. What does Abbot like to do when he is in solitary confinement?
(a) Read.
(b) Dance.
(c) Sing.
(d) Write.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only part of his body that X could move?

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

3. Who does Abbott say he has to sit next to everyday at breakfast?

4. What does Abbott compare the hole to?

5. What is the name of the punishment cell Abbott stayed in for a total exceeding more than one year?

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