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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Marcia Bennett and Reynolds Price move to?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Maine.
(c) New York.
(d) Florida.

2. How does Price characterize the works he made at Marcia Bennett's urging?
(a) Depressing.
(b) Personally important.
(c) Meaningless.
(d) Childish.

3. What did Price resolve to do, starting a few days after surgery?
(a) Document everything that happened.
(b) Fight the cancer with everything he had.
(c) Make a will.
(d) Let the cancer take its course.

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

5. How does Price spend his time on returning home?
(a) Cleaning out his house.
(b) Having people over.
(c) Writing.
(d) Listening to classical music.

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

7. How did Price's radiologist describe the radiation therapy he would receive?
(a) Moderate, safe dose.
(b) Small doses at the beginning, then getting larger.
(c) Strongest possible dose.
(d) Experimentally large doses.

8. What did Price dream vividly about?
(a) Being dead.
(b) Being with Jesus.
(c) Being at his own funeral.
(d) Being in the womb.

9. What did Reynolds Price ask Marcia Bennett?
(a) Whether he could stay with her.
(b) To execute his estate.
(c) To make love with him.
(d) To move in with him.

10. What was Price's condition when he returned home?
(a) He was still groggy and in pain.
(b) He was still in bed.
(c) He was paralyzed.
(d) He was still mobile.

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

12. What was the prognosis after the first round of tests?
(a) Treatment with drugs.
(b) No action.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Treatment with radiation.

13. What did Price feel about the work ahead of him?
(a) Listless.
(b) Impatient.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Depressed.

14. What test provided answers for Price?
(a) Blood test.
(b) Myeolgram.
(c) Cardiogram.
(d) Colonscopy.

15. How long did Marcia Bennett stay with Reynolds Price before moving locations?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two days.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Price describe his rapport with Marcia Bennett?

2. What tribute did Price make to his tumor?

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

4. Which physical problem has Reynolds Price NOT encountered at the beginning of "A Whole New Life"?

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

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