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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Reynolds Price's dying friend tell him?
(a) That he was definitely dying.
(b) What dying is like.
(c) That he was undergoing a transformation that may or may not involve dying.
(d) That he would not die.

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

3. Whose lives does Price say he based his commissioned work on?
(a) His students'.
(b) His own.
(c) His parents.
(d) His children.

4. How does Price characterize his relationship with his students?
(a) They did not understand each other.
(b) Only a few of them respected him.
(c) Only a rare few of them warranted his respect.
(d) They inspired each other.

5. How was Price's will changing as he continued through therapy?
(a) He was spending more and more time in total panic.
(b) He was praying and meditating to strengthen his resolve.
(c) He was sure that he could bargain with God or the Fates or whoever was in charge of his illness.
(d) He was full of blind desire to live at any cost.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Price's radiologist describe the radiation therapy he would receive?

3. What good news did Dr. Shuping give Price?

4. What was Price told during his dream?

5. How many days a week was Price getting radiation?

(see the answer key)

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