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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the test show was swollen?
(a) Price's brain.
(b) Price's back muscles.
(c) The sheaths on Price's nerves.
(d) Price's spinal cord.

2. What was the cause of Price's problems?
(a) A malformation of the bone.
(b) A buildup of plaque.
(c) A cyst.
(d) A lack of iron.

3. Who is Jeff Anderson?
(a) Price's student.
(b) Price's friend.
(c) Price's brother.
(d) Price's son.

4. What has Reynolds Price's health been like, up to this point?
(a) Good since a childhood illness.
(b) Good for long periods between.
(c) Consistently poor.
(d) Steadily good.

5. What did Price resolve to do, starting a few days after surgery?
(a) Fight the cancer with everything he had.
(b) Let the cancer take its course.
(c) Document everything that happened.
(d) Make a will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Price's body fail to do when his brain told him to do it?

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

3. What does the first doctor examine, when Price finally goes in?

4. How long was Reynolds Price in surgery?

5. When does "A Whole New Life begin"?

(see the answer key)

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