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

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

5. What could Reynolds Price do by himself?
(a) Get around.
(b) Simple shopping.
(c) Eat.
(d) Shower and shave.

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

7. Which poet did Price NOT hear from?
(a) John Updike.
(b) Stephen Spender.
(c) Phillip Roth.
(d) Raymond Carver.

8. Who drove Price back and forth for radiation sessions?
(a) Nurses.
(b) Friends.
(c) Hospice workers.
(d) His wife.

9. What activity does Price say he tried out, only to find that it wasn't for him?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Jogging.

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

11. How long would Price have to wait, to be considered 'cured'?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Five years.

12. What was Marcia Bennett's husband doing on his travels?
(a) Missionary work.
(b) Research.
(c) Visiting friends.
(d) Lecturing.

13. What capability does Price say he began to lose?
(a) Remembering his childhood.
(b) Reading.
(c) Lifting his feet.
(d) Remembering recent events.

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

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