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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Abbott's fellow inmates do to ensure Abbott's release from the the starvation diet?
(a) Go on strike.
(b) Break Abbott free.
(c) Give Abbott their food.
(d) Take a guard hostage.

2. What does Abbot say is the natural result of prison violence?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Strike.
(c) Peace.
(d) Murder.

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

4. What does Abbott say he was sent to prison to become?
(a) A punk.
(b) A shifter.
(c) A worker.
(d) A writer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say is the usual murder weapon?

2. What does Abbott say a bull is pricked with?

3. What does a starvation diet consist of?

4. Who is Abbott writing to?

5. Who does Abbot claim are evil?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abbott say Pigs are so dangerous?

2. Why does Abbott think the law against cruel and unusual punishment is a joke?

3. What does Abbott say prison punishment is aimed at?

4. What happened to Striker?

5. What is life like for Abbott in solitary confinement at the juvenile center?

6. How did Abbot try to survive the starvation diet?

7. What does Abbott say about his early life?

8. What is the policeman mentality?

9. What does Abbott say about revolution at the end of the chapter?

10. What was it like to be in the blackout cell?

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