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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of doctor was going to perform surgery on Price?
(a) A neurosurgeon.
(b) An oncologist.
(c) A gastroenterologist.
(d) A radiologist.

2. How does Price describe radiation therapy?
(a) Torture.
(b) A kind of death.
(c) Not horrible.
(d) Hardly anything.

3. What was Price told during his dream?
(a) That he would have to change his ways.
(b) That he was not going to be allowed to die until his work was complete.
(c) That his sins were forgiven.
(d) That he was being spared for a higher purpose.

4. Which poet did Price NOT hear from?
(a) John Updike.
(b) Stephen Spender.
(c) Phillip Roth.
(d) Raymond Carver.

5. What does the first doctor examine, when Price finally goes in?
(a) His white blood cell count.
(b) His heart.
(c) His reflexes.
(d) His hormones.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Price say was difficult about entering radiation therapy?

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

4. What was the good news for Price?

5. What did Price dream vividly about?

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