A Whole New Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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A Whole New Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 pastime could Price no longer enjoy while he was undergoing radiation therapy?

2. What is Dr. Simonton's field?

3. Where is Reynolds Price living at the beginning of "A Whole New Life"?

4. What is Reynolds Price's condition at the beginning of the memoir?

5. What symptoms did Price experience as radiation continued?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Price say he asked for the morning after he heard the voice tell him what kind of suffering he would have to endure?

2. What was the first prognosis for Price's condition?

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

4. What was "The Eel"?

5. Describe Price's condition when he emerged from surgery.

6. Describe Price's profound dream.

7. What radiation regimen was Price placed on?

8. What was Price's condition when he stayed with Marcia Bennett?

9. What had doctors found in the surgery?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Price says that illness was new in his life, but at the beginning of the book, he was 51, and just starting to see the effect of age. Using examples from the text, describe how Price had expected his future to go, and how it differed from the future he expected to have. How did Price prepare himself for the future he expected to have? How well prepared was he for the future he had to live with instead?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Price's dream of Jesus in Lake Kinnareth? How does Price use this image and the stories that are related to it in his own account? What resonance does the image of Jesus at Lake Kinnareth, and the Bible stories associated with that lake, have with the events Price describes in Whole New Life?

Essay Topic 3

What are the different jobs this book does? (Consoling, expressing emotions, testifying, educating, entertaining, etc.) Which jobs does it finish, and which jobs does it do intermittently? Which things does it do for you as a reader? What jobs do you think it did best for Price?

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