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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Price describe radiation therapy?
(a) Torture.
(b) Not horrible.
(c) Hardly anything.
(d) A kind of death.

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

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

5. What was the good news for Price?
(a) His cancer would not spread.
(b) His cancer was removed.
(c) He would be up and around quickly.
(d) He would not be in much pain.

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

7. 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 still mobile.
(d) He was paralyzed.

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

9. How long was Reynolds Price in surgery?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

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

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

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

13. What was Price given for the next few days after surgery?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Oxycontin.
(d) Morphine.

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

15. What response does Price say he received when he asked God how much of this he would have to endure?
(a) No more than he wanted to.
(b) More.
(c) More than he could take.
(d) No more.

Short Answer Questions

1. How athletic was Reynolds Price as a child?

2. Which condition is NOT emblematic of Cushing's disease?

3. What capability does Price say he began to lose?

4. How does Price spend his time on returning home?

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

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