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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How athletic was Reynolds Price as a child?
(a) Somewhat athletic.
(b) Not at all athletic.
(c) Enthusiastically athletic.
(d) Extremely athletic.

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

3. What does Price begin to do after contact with Dr. Simonton?
(a) Stop radiation therapy.
(b) Visualize his antibodies attacking cancer cells.
(c) Eat differently.
(d) Travel to India.

4. How did Price's social circle change as he continued with radiation therapy?
(a) His friends abandoned him as his condition worsened.
(b) People from church flocked to him.
(c) People avoided him as his moods deteriorated.
(d) Only his close family continued to visit.

5. What was the subject Price wrote about for his commission?
(a) A gay man coming out.
(b) A dying professor.
(c) A love affair.
(d) A woman realizing she has been deceived by her lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the 'new demon' Price encountered after surgery?

2. For how long does Price say he was addicted to his pain medication?

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

4. What happened to the offer the Andersons made?

5. What is Reynolds Price's condition at the beginning of the memoir?

(see the answer key)

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