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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the punishment cell Abbott stayed in for a total exceeding more than one year?
(a) The hole.
(b) The Pit.
(c) The C-300.
(d) The clam.

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

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

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

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

6. What does Abbot say it is now routine for him to try to do?
(a) Abuse the guards.
(b) Write short stories.
(c) Think about his homeland.
(d) Escape prison.

7. What did Abbott eat in addition to his starvation diet?
(a) Bats.
(b) Rats.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Mice.

8. What does Abbott compare the hole to?
(a) An sacrificial altar.
(b) An iron maiden.
(c) A nail bed.
(d) A coffin.

9. What does Abbott say he pushed aside while in prison?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hate.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Love.

10. Who was Abbott once falsely accused of stabbing?
(a) A prison guard.
(b) A warden.
(c) A priest.
(d) A fellow inmate.

11. What city did Abbott escape to?
(a) Montreal.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

12. What does Abbott say becomes reality while in solitary confinement?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) God.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Death.

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

14. Which of the following philosophers is Abbott particularly drawn to?
(a) Kierkgaard.
(b) Marx.
(c) Nietschze.
(d) Kant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abbott claim he has spent days lost?

2. What does Abbott say he forgot while in his hotel room?

3. What does Abbott say he can't control?

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

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

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