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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 able to move when he emerged from surgery?
(a) His ankles.
(b) His toes.
(c) His fingers.
(d) His legs.

2. What is Reynolds Price's condition at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Recovering from a surgery.
(b) Healthy and successful.
(c) Going into remission.
(d) Being diagnosed with cancer.

3. What was Price's condition as the anesthesia wore off?
(a) Delusional.
(b) Incoherent.
(c) Diabetic.
(d) Groggy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Reynolds Price begin to notice changes in his body?

2. What had the surgeon discovered?

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

4. How athletic was Reynolds Price as a child?

5. How does Price spend his time on returning home?

(see the answer key)

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