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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abbott say was the only serious crime he committed in free society?
(a) GBH.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Bank robbery.
(d) Car theft.

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

3. What does Abbott call intelligence robbed of experience?
(a) Real intelligence.
(b) Supersanity.
(c) Depravity.
(d) Genius.

4. What did Abbott do to conserve energy during his starvation diet?
(a) Lay still.
(b) Meditate.
(c) Held his breath.
(d) Read.

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

6. Who does Abbott say he does not believe in?
(a) God.
(b) Marx.
(c) Allah.
(d) The President.

7. How did Striker kill himself?
(a) He stabbed himself.
(b) He hanged himself.
(c) He starved himself.
(d) He shot himself.

8. Where does Abbott say he is marched to as a thirteen-year-old boy?
(a) A beach.
(b) A coal mine.
(c) A mess hall.
(d) A bomb shelter.

9. Where does Abbott claim he has spent days lost?
(a) His cell.
(b) His books.
(c) His head.
(d) His past.

10. What does Abbott say his lungs were burning with?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Fossil fuels.
(c) Cold air.
(d) Warm air.

11. Who is the punk the slave to?
(a) The master.
(b) The state.
(c) The pope.
(d) The topdog.

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

13. What is the name of the poem Abbott recites in this chapter?
(a) Lies.
(b) Fools.
(c) Death.
(d) Paranoia.

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

15. What does Abbott think will end the policeman mentality?
(a) A worker's revolution.
(b) A prisoner strike.
(c) World War Three.
(d) A worldwide revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbot say is the natural result of prison violence?

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

3. What do guards look upon prisoners as?

4. What did James say we do not do because we are sad?

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

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