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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was alcohol affecting him in a new way?
(a) He felt poisoned.
(b) One drink would make him drunk.
(c) He would have a severe allergic reaction.
(d) He could drink and drink without getting drunk.

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

3. What did MRIs indicate about Price's tumor, in 1987?
(a) No growth.
(b) Reduction in size.
(c) Aggressive growth.
(d) Decay of the vertebrae around it.

4. What was Reynolds Price's response to the trip he took with Daniel Voll?
(a) He was appalled.
(b) He was humbled.
(c) He was inspired.
(d) He was depressed.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Price say he began to do more often?

3. What is Reynolds Price's job at the beginning of the memoir?

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

5. What activity does Price say he tried out, only to find that it wasn't for him?

(see the answer key)

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