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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. How long would Price have to wait, to be considered 'cured'?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

2. What pastime could Price no longer enjoy while he was undergoing radiation therapy?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Reading.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Long walks.

3. How did Price's radiologist describe the radiation therapy he would receive?
(a) Moderate, safe dose.
(b) Experimentally large doses.
(c) Small doses at the beginning, then getting larger.
(d) Strongest possible dose.

4. What is Reynolds Price's condition at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Recovering from a surgery.
(b) Healthy and successful.
(c) Being diagnosed with cancer.
(d) Going into remission.

5. What does Price say was difficult about entering radiation therapy?
(a) Worrying about how he was going to pay for it.
(b) The long trips back and forth to the hospital every day.
(c) Seeing the other patients.
(d) Wondering how long he might live for.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Price look for consolation?

2. How did Price's social circle change as he continued with radiation therapy?

3. How athletic was Reynolds Price as a child?

4. Describe the effect radiation had on Price.

5. What did Price's friend from Florida make sure Price had?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Reynolds Price's health begin to change?

2. How does Price say his friends and family reacted to his illness?

3. Describe Price's physical deterioration after radiation therapy.

4. What does Price say he did to make his condition more bearable?

5. What was Price's emotional reaction to his condition?

6. What effect did radiation therapy have on Price's body?

7. What did Price draw on Marcia Bennett's urging?

8. Where did Price go from Marcia Bennett's house?

9. How did Price's health change after the first surgery?

10. What resources did Price call on for help with his condition?

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