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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the radiation oncologist tell Reynolds Price after his radiation therapy was done?
(a) That the diagnosis had been in error.
(b) That he had all the radiation he could have in a lifetime.
(c) That they would start again in six months.
(d) That they would start again in a year.

3. What symptoms did Price experience as radiation continued?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Swelling in his legs.
(d) Baldness.

4. What was the surgeon's recommendation following surgery?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Another surgery.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Palliative care.

5. What work was Price waiting to resume while he was in radiation therapy?
(a) Reviewing books.
(b) Writing a novel.
(c) Writing a book of essays.
(d) Writing a memoir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the test show was swollen?

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

3. What was Marcia Bennett's husband doing on his travels?

4. What is Marcia Bennett's husband's profession?

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

(see the answer key)

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