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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 does Abbott call Cuba?
(a) A dog.
(b) A pain.
(c) A sheep.
(d) An infant.

2. What does Abbott say he is conflicted about?
(a) The prospect of a family.
(b) His love for his country.
(c) The prospect of freedom.
(d) Moving to another prison.

3. What author does Abbott reference in this chapter?
(a) Stendhal.
(b) Gide.
(c) Camus.
(d) Mann.

4. What kind of death does Abbott say prisoners enter when they enter prison?
(a) A state death.
(b) A slow death.
(c) A humorless death.
(d) A civil death.

5. What does Abbott say happens to men's hearts in prison?
(a) They rot.
(b) They burst.
(c) They blacken.
(d) They shrivel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say America can steal from a person?

2. What does Abbott call the problems his pen pal suffers from?

3. In what state was a black farmer fined for double parking?

4. What did one newspaper document that happened following several executions?

5. What does Abbott say is the only consolation available to him in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abbott think Cuba needs?

2. What is Abbott's opinion of American society?

3. Why does Abbott say he supports Communism?

4. Why does Abbott consider Alexander Solzhenitsyn a traitor?

5. How does Abbott link prejudice to testing?

6. Why does Abbott say he lost interest in his female pen pal?

7. What does Abbot state are his reasons for taking heroin and marijuana?

8. Why does Abbott not like the prisoner who denounces sex, drink and drugs?

9. What does Abbott believe is his higher calling?

10. What does Abbott say about Stendhal's novel, THE RED AND THE BLACK?

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