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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Price's friend from Florida make sure Price had?
(a) Warm clothes.
(b) Rest and quiet.
(c) Emotional support from friends.
(d) Nutritious food.

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

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

4. What hobby did Price take up?
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Painting.

5. How did Reynolds Price injure himself?
(a) He hit his head.
(b) He fell in the bathroom.
(c) He cut himself.
(d) He toppled over in his wheelchair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jeff Anderson?

2. What kind of doctor was going to perform surgery on Price?

3. What did Price's friends the Andersons offer to do for him?

4. How does Price say his condition changed after Christmas 1985?

5. Who was Lawrence Wall?

(see the answer key)

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