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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Price able to move when he emerged from surgery?
(a) His fingers.
(b) His ankles.
(c) His toes.
(d) His legs.

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

3. What has Reynolds Price's health been like, up to this point?
(a) Good since a childhood illness.
(b) Steadily good.
(c) Good for long periods between.
(d) Consistently poor.

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

5. How does Price say he and Marcia Bennett spend their time together?
(a) Painting.
(b) Going for long walks.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Reading to each other.

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

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

8. When had Price enjoyed this hobby previously?
(a) Young adulthood.
(b) Childhood.
(c) During his teaching years.
(d) Right before he got cancer.

9. What is Marcia Bennett's relation with Reynolds Price?
(a) Lover.
(b) Niece.
(c) Sister-in-law.
(d) Cousin.

10. Where did Price work with Diana Betz?
(a) At her office.
(b) At his home.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) At a clinic.

11. What was the cause of Price's problems?
(a) A lack of iron.
(b) A malformation of the bone.
(c) A buildup of plaque.
(d) A cyst.

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

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 kind of doctor was going to perform surgery on Price?
(a) A radiologist.
(b) A gastroenterologist.
(c) A neurosurgeon.
(d) An oncologist.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Price's body fail to do when his brain told him to do it?

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

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

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