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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Price given for the next few days after surgery?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Oxycontin.
(d) Nothing.

2. What activity does Price say he tried out, only to find that it wasn't for him?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Jogging.
(d) Hockey.

3. What did Reynolds Price begin to feel after the anesthesia wore off?
(a) Numbness.
(b) Dizziness.
(c) Excruciating pain.
(d) Nausea.

4. What did Price's body fail to do when his brain told him to do it?
(a) Write a letter.
(b) Focus on a book.
(c) Run.
(d) Stand up.

5. Where was Price taken after surgery?
(a) Back into surgery.
(b) Home.
(c) Intensive care.
(d) To another hospital.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Price's gait affected by his condition?

3. What was Price able to move when he emerged from surgery?

4. What was the surgeon's recommendation following surgery?

5. What was the prognosis after the first round of tests?

(see the answer key)

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