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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Dan's role in maintaining Price's balance of mind?
(a) Chastizing his self-pity.
(b) Nourishing his spirit with food, music and literature.
(c) Encouraging him to remain faithful.
(d) Talking him down from the proverbial ledge.

2. How does Price say his condition changed after Christmas 1985?
(a) His mobility increased.
(b) His pain decreased.
(c) His memory returned.
(d) His weakness worsened.

3. What was the effect of the new demon in Price's experience?
(a) Panic attacks.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Blindness.

4. What did Daniel Voll have installed in the house?
(a) Ramps.
(b) Video monitors.
(c) Grab bars.
(d) An elevator.

5. What changed when Reynolds Price injured himself?
(a) He damaged his internal organs.
(b) His pain was so bad he couldn't lift his head.
(c) His pain actually decreased.
(d) He lost all feeling in his legs.

6. Who commissioned Price's work?
(a) A film company in California.
(b) A theatre company in New York.
(c) A college in Arkansas.
(d) A patron in Chicago.

7. Where did Reynolds Price and Daniel Voll travel to together?
(a) To California to visit his family.
(b) To Arkansas for rehearsals.
(c) To Washington D.C. for a literary award ceremony.
(d) To New York for experimental treatments.

8. What put Price back in the hospital?
(a) Panic attacks.
(b) Paralysis.
(c) Leaking spinal fluid.
(d) Seizures.

9. What did two new MRIs indicate about Price's tumor?
(a) It was starting to grow again.
(b) It had spread.
(c) It was completely gone.
(d) It had not returned.

10. What did Price become aware of after biofeedback?
(a) Repressed memories.
(b) Nature.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Scents and colors.

11. What was the result of the thing Dan convinced Price to do?
(a) Price found new sources for his work.
(b) Price lost a great deal of money.
(c) Price enjoyed getting out more.
(d) Price resolved old hostilities.

12. What does Price say his outlook was like by April 1985?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Despairing.
(c) Much improved.
(d) Still uncertain.

13. What does Price say accompanied his pains, now?
(a) Existential dread.
(b) Seizures.
(c) Nausea and malaise.
(d) Numbness.

14. How had the tumor changed since Price's surgery and radiation therapy?
(a) It had gotten smaller.
(b) It had wrapped itself tighter around his spine.
(c) It had changed shape.
(d) It had moved up his spine.

15. How does Price describe the process of getting off methodone?
(a) A few nights of mild withdrawal.
(b) No effects.
(c) Mild effects that lingered for a long time.
(d) Weeks of agony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Price say was the critical reaction to Kate Vaiden?

2. What did Reynolds Price see Dr. Shuping for?

3. Who did Price see in Atlanta?

4. How does Price describe his mobility while writing Kate Vaiden?

5. For how long does Price say he was addicted to his pain medication?

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