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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say he forgot while in his hotel room?

2. What does Abbott say he had to do to urinate while in the Butner institution?

3. What does Abbott say becomes reality while in solitary confinement?

4. How did Striker kill himself?

5. What does Abbott claim he contracted in institutions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is psyche pain?

2. How does Abbott feel when he returns from prison life to solitary confinement?

3. What does Abbott say about paranoia in this chapter?

4. Why is murder so common in prison?

5. What is the policeman mentality?

6. How do his fellow inmates save Abbott from starvation?

7. What happened to Abbott when he tried to run away from the juvenile center?

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

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

10. What is a punk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what could it be said that Abbott is institutionalized? What diffferent view does this give Abbott on life? What do you think society could from Abbott's views?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Abbott feel it is important to choose sides? What problems occur from people choosing one side over the other? Are these problems apparent in Abbott's own life?

Essay Topic 3

What was Abbott's upbringing? How much was it responsible for his incarceration?

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