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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Abbott say prison has tried but failed to take away from him?
(a) His soul.
(b) His freedom.
(c) His love.
(d) His mind.

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

4. What of the following does Abbott say gives a security guard a reason for shooting a prisoner?
(a) Touching another prisoner.
(b) Laughinh too loudly.
(c) Swearing at the warden.
(d) Running in the corridor.

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

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

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

8. What does Abbott say he finds painful and angering to look into?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A microscope.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A window.

9. Why does Abbott think the law against cruel and unusual punishment is a joke?
(a) People have their different ideas of cruelty.
(b) It is the only way prisoners learn.
(c) Most prisoners have never heard about the law.
(d) Only convicts witness it.

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

11. What does a starvation diet consist of?
(a) An apple and a slice of cheese.
(b) A cup of soup and a sandwich.
(c) A baked potato and a piece of bread.
(d) A bowl of broth and a biscuit.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott do in solitary confinement just to hear something?

2. What does Abbott say his lungs were burning with?

3. What is the name of a cell that has no light coming into it?

4. What did Abbott eat in addition to his starvation diet?

5. What is pruno?

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