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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Abbott call the atmosphere in which the Pigs recruit?
(a) Slave-like.
(b) Plattoon-like.
(c) Fraternity-like.
(d) Private school-like.

5. What two people did Abbott learn had died during his time in the C-300 cell?
(a) JFK and his mother.
(b) Malcolm X and his sister.
(c) Bobby Kennedy and his father.
(d) President Nixon and his brother.

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

7. What does Abbott say prisoners live by?
(a) The criminal's honor.
(b) Their own laws.
(c) Their instincts.
(d) A code of survival.

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

9. What is the one thing the prisoners have in common?
(a) Their boredom.
(b) The moral codes.
(c) Their hatred for the guards.
(d) Their need for women.

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

11. What does Abbott say he suffered from for four years?
(a) Arthitis.
(b) Bipolar.
(c) Arachnophobia.
(d) Claustrophobia.

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

13. What does Abbott call all of the employees within the prison system?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Psychos.
(d) Rotters.

14. What does Abbott liken the experience of a being in a black cell to?
(a) Treading tar.
(b) Swimming in ink.
(c) Sleeping in a cave.
(d) Floating in space.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say prison has tried but failed to take away from him?

2. What is the worst crime one can commit while in prison?

3. What of the following does Abbott say gives a security guard a reason for shooting a prisoner?

4. Who does Abbot claim are evil?

5. What does Abbott say he pushed aside while in prison?

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