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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was Price taken after surgery?
(a) Intensive care.
(b) Home.
(c) To another hospital.
(d) Back into surgery.

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

5. Where was Marcia Bennett's husband when she was taking care of Price?
(a) Asia.
(b) Europe.
(c) Africa.
(d) Australia.

6. Who is Jeff Anderson?
(a) Price's brother.
(b) Price's friend.
(c) Price's student.
(d) Price's son.

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

8. What does Price say a strong neighbor had to do for him?
(a) Carry him to bed.
(b) Hold him through a seizure.
(c) Call the ambulance.
(d) Give him a bath.

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

10. When does "A Whole New Life begin"?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1957.

11. How did the radiologist describe the chance of paralysis?
(a) Fifty-fifty.
(b) Small.
(c) Certain.
(d) Good.

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

13. What was the title of the work Price created in homage to his tumor?
(a) The Octopus.
(b) The Vampire.
(c) The Eel.
(d) The Exhaustion.

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

15. Describe the effect radiation had on Price.
(a) Inconveniencing.
(b) Rejuvenating.
(c) Disgusting.
(d) Exhausting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Reynolds Price's health been like, up to this point?

2. Where did Price work with Diana Betz?

3. What desire does Price say he began to feel, after returning to his hobby?

4. How does Price characterize the works he made at Marcia Bennett's urging?

5. What did Reynolds Price begin to feel after the anesthesia wore off?

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