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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Price say Daniel Voll would do 'happily' for him and his visitors?
(a) Leave them in peace.
(b) Shopping and errands.
(c) Cook.
(d) Read and edit works.

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

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

4. What does Price say he withdrew from?
(a) Steroids.
(b) Anti-inflammatory drugs.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Regular hospital care.

5. What happened to the offer the Andersons made?
(a) Someone else came through with a better offer for him.
(b) They started construction, but then had a falling out.
(c) They paid his bills down to the point where he wasn't terrified all the time.
(d) The plan did not work out.

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

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

8. How does Price describe his mobility while writing Kate Vaiden?
(a) Completely housebound.
(b) Nearly housebound.
(c) A good deal of freedom of mobility.
(d) Limited mobility.

9. What good news did Dr. Shuping give Price?
(a) That he would return to complete health.
(b) That he wasn't dying.
(c) That his prognosis looked for walking again.
(d) That he could stop the pain.

10. What did MRIs indicate about Price's tumor, in 1987?
(a) Decay of the vertebrae around it.
(b) Reduction in size.
(c) No growth.
(d) Aggressive growth.

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

12. What was the result of the surgery Price had in the fall?
(a) The tumor was removed.
(b) The surgeon nicked his spinal cord.
(c) Complications from the anesthesia.
(d) The tumor was left alone.

13. Who was Eric Rector?
(a) Price's doctor.
(b) Price's physical therapist.
(c) Price's teaching assistant.
(d) Price's living assistant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Price say he was taking for pain?

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

3. What did Daniel Voll have installed in the house?

4. What did Price become aware of after biofeedback?

5. How did Reynolds Price injure himself?

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