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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 a bull is pricked with?

2. What does Abbott say he is amazed of the feel of when he is out of solitary?

3. Where does Abbott say he is marched to as a thirteen-year-old boy?

4. How did the guards try to control Abbott's claustrophobia?

5. What is the name of the poem Abbott recites in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abbott describe X's death as a mercy killing?

2. Why does Abbott say Pigs are so dangerous?

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

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

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

6. Why does Abbott compare the Hole to a coffin?

7. What is psyche pain?

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

9. What is a punk?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Why has murder become commonplace in prison? How can the authorities stop such violence occurring in prisons?

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