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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 had to do to urinate while in the Butner institution?

2. What does Abbott compare the hole to?

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

4. What is the name of the punk Abbott refers to in this chapter?

5. Why does Abbott think the law against cruel and unusual punishment is a joke?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is murder so common in prison?

2. Why does Abbott say Pigs are so dangerous?

3. What is the policeman mentality?

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

5. What is psyche pain?

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

7. What does Abbott say about homosexuality in prison?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has prison torture affected Abbott? How have laws changed since? Why was such punishment deemed as unhelpful for the prison environment?

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

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?

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