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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How many representations does Price say he made of the thing Marcia Bennett urged him to portray?
(a) Scores.
(b) Dozens.
(c) A few.
(d) Several.

9. Which condition is NOT emblematic of Cushing's disease?
(a) Baldness.
(b) Terrible mood swings.
(c) Huge appetite.
(d) Oddly swollen face.

10. What pastime could Price no longer enjoy while he was undergoing radiation therapy?
(a) Reading.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Long walks.

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

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

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

14. Who is Diana Betz?
(a) A neurologist.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A psychotherapist.
(d) A physical therapist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Price able to move when he emerged from surgery?

2. When had Price enjoyed this hobby previously?

3. What muscles could Reynolds Price no longer control?

4. How many days a week was Price getting radiation?

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

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