2. What changed that allowed Price to return to writing?
(a) He started to take new drugs.
(b) The tumor responded to treatment.
(c) He found someone else to help him around the house.
(d) His incision healed.

3. Who was Lawrence Wall?
(a) Reynolds Price's lover.
(b) Reynolds Price's physical therapist.
(c) Reynolds Price's surgeon.
(d) Daniel Voll's replacement.

4. Where did Price visit after David Lang became his assistant?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) London.
(d) Chicago.

5. What was the purpose of Price's trip?
(a) To hear Leontyne Price sing.
(b) To return to old haunts.
(c) To be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(d) To receive the National Book Award.

6. What did Patrick Louge teach Price?
(a) Nutrition.
(b) Stretching exercises.
(c) Self-hypnosis.
(d) Spiritual practices.

7. How does Price characterize his relationship with his students?
(a) They inspired each other.
(b) Only a rare few of them warranted his respect.
(c) They did not understand each other.
(d) Only a few of them respected him.

8. What did Price's doctor recommend?
(a) Surgery.
(b) Chemotherapy.
(c) No action.
(d) Radiation therapy.

9. What does Price say his health was doing while he was writing the commissioned work?
(a) Declining.
(b) Remaining steady.
(c) Improving.
(d) Oscillating wildly.

10. What was Dr. Shuping's prognosis?
(a) That Price's outlook for walking was not good.
(b) That he might eventually get some relief from pain.
(c) That he would likely be paralyzed permanently.
(d) That surgery might help him.

11. What was the result of Price's first visit with Patrick Louge?
(a) Relief and relaxation.
(b) Panic attacks.
(c) Nausea and dizziness.
(d) Painful side effects.

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

13. What did Reynolds Price do upon returning from his trip with Daniel Voll?
(a) Retreat into bed.
(b) Write another play.
(c) Submit a proposal for a new book.
(d) Rewrite the play.

14. What did Dr. Friedman say was causing Price's pains?
(a) Repressed memories.
(b) His immune system attacking his healthy tissue.
(c) Damaged nerve cells.
(d) Phantom pain.

15. What was Price's original opinion of biofeedback?
(a) High hopes.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Disinterest.
(d) Optimism.