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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the test show was swollen?
(a) Price's back muscles.
(b) The sheaths on Price's nerves.
(c) Price's spinal cord.
(d) Price's brain.

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

6. How did Price's social circle change as he continued with radiation therapy?
(a) His friends abandoned him as his condition worsened.
(b) People avoided him as his moods deteriorated.
(c) Only his close family continued to visit.
(d) People from church flocked to him.

7. How does Price describe his rapport with Marcia Bennett?
(a) They spent long hours rehashing old arguments.
(b) They enjoyed each other's company.
(c) They grated on each other.
(d) They were practically lovers.

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

9. How many days a week was Price getting radiation?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

10. What was Price told during his dream?
(a) That he was being spared for a higher purpose.
(b) That his sins were forgiven.
(c) That he would have to change his ways.
(d) That he was not going to be allowed to die until his work was complete.

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

12. How was Price's gait affected by his condition?
(a) He can't keep himself upright.
(b) He cannot pick up his feet.
(c) He could not walk straight without wobbling.
(d) He cannot walk without a limp.

13. How athletic was Reynolds Price as a child?
(a) Extremely athletic.
(b) Enthusiastically athletic.
(c) Somewhat athletic.
(d) Not at all athletic.

14. What is Dr. Simonton's field?
(a) Spinal surgery.
(b) Self-healing.
(c) Radiation therapy.
(d) Nutrition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What response does Price say he received when he asked God how much of this he would have to endure?

2. How long would Price have to wait, to be considered 'cured'?

3. How was alcohol affecting him in a new way?

4. How does Price describe radiation therapy?

5. What had the surgeon discovered?

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