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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 put Price back in the hospital?

2. What did Price become aware of after biofeedback?

3. How had the tumor changed since Price's surgery and radiation therapy?

4. How long after biofeedback and hypnosis was Price pain-free?

5. What was Price's original opinion of biofeedback?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Price's experience with hypnosis as a treatment.

2. What does Price say about the pain he felt after falling from his wheelchair?

3. How was Price managing the pain, when he returned to live at home?

4. How does Price say he thought about his future?

5. How did Price's community react to his being housebound?

6. What professional triumphs did Price enjoy in the winter of 1987?

7. Describe the story Price told when he was commissioned by Hendrix College.

8. How did Price's condition change after Christmas 1985?

9. Describe Price's reunion with Daniel Voll.

10. What advice does Price offer to doctors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Reynolds Price's literary style like, and how does Price's language itself reveal the effect his illness had on him? Where is his language most powerful, in his life? What experiences does it fail to do justice to? How does he compensate for the weakness of his language?

Essay Topic 2

How did illness change Price's personality? Which change was most profound? Using examples from the text, describe the most powerful effects illness had on his life.

Essay Topic 3

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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