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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 is the name of the prisoner Abbott recalls in this section?

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

3. What do guards look upon prisoners as?

4. What kind of animal does Abbott compare to an inmate?

5. What does Abbott say he did in 1971?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a punk?

2. What is psyche pain?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Abbott say about his early life?

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

10. What crimes does Abbott say he committed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Abbott's political beliefs and how do you think these beliefs developed? Considering he has spent all his life in prison, how legitimate are Abbott's beliefs?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Abbott think democracy is so slanted against black people? In what way does Communist philosophy try to do away with such prejudice?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Abbott refuse to give into the authorities? How does it affect his time in prison and his chances of release?

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