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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. Who does Abbott say he has to sit next to everyday at breakfast?
(a) A stupid wino.
(b) A smelly bum.
(c) A rambling drunk.
(d) A violent Nazi.

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

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

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

5. What does Abbott say one feels happening to oneself when they are in the hole?
(a) Convulsing.
(b) Going mad.
(c) Dying.
(d) Decaying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbot like to do when he is in solitary confinement?

2. What does Abbott say was the only serious crime he committed in free society?

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

4. How did Striker kill himself?

5. Who does Abbott say are the source of the guard's evil?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Abbott's time like at the Butner North Carolina Federal Correctional Institution?

2. What does Abbott say about the noise in a prison?

3. Who are pigs?

4. Why does Abbott say Pigs are so dangerous?

5. How does Abbott compare prison to a bull ring and the prisoner to a bull?

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

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

8. How did the guards treat Abbott's claustrophobia?

9. Why does Abbott say he continuously violates prison rules?

10. What is the policeman mentality?

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