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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Reynolds Price's job at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) University professor.
(b) University dean.
(c) Editor.
(d) Literary critic.

2. Which condition is NOT emblematic of Cushing's disease?
(a) Terrible mood swings.
(b) Oddly swollen face.
(c) Huge appetite.
(d) Baldness.

3. What could Reynolds Price do by himself?
(a) Get around.
(b) Simple shopping.
(c) Shower and shave.
(d) Eat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the radiologist describe the chance of paralysis?

2. Who drove Price back and forth for radiation sessions?

3. What was Price given for the next few days after surgery?

4. What did Reynolds Price's dying friend tell him?

5. What did Price resolve to do, starting a few days after surgery?

(see the answer key)

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