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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. What does Price say made physical therapy bearable?
(a) The process of learning new skills.
(b) The drugs he took for pain.
(c) The physical progress.
(d) The other patients.

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

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

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

9. What damage did the doctors find when they examined Price?
(a) He had been damaged in surgery.
(b) His blood was getting too thin.
(c) He had been losing muscle mass for years.
(d) He had broken his bones in a fall years ago.

10. Where does Daniel Voll live with Reynolds Price?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) In Durham, NC.
(c) New York.
(d) Raleigh, NC.

11. How does Price characterize the pain he felt by the end of the semester?
(a) Beyond description.
(b) Oppressive.
(c) Overpowering.
(d) Humbling.

12. How long after biofeedback and hypnosis was Price pain-free?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) A year.
(c) Eight visits.
(d) Eight months.

13. What kind of program does Price say he entered after biofeedback?
(a) Spiritual counseling.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Physical therapy.

14. What had Price learned about pain, in biofeedback?
(a) To shut off his emotional reaction to his pain.
(b) Not to focus on his pain.
(c) To embrace the pain.
(d) To relax each muscle individually.

15. What was Reynolds Price offered in November?
(a) A commission for an advertising job.
(b) A commission for a political commentary.
(c) A commission to write a play.
(d) A commission for a memoir.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Price say his condition changed after Christmas 1985?

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

3. What was Dan's role in maintaining Price's balance of mind?

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

5. How does Price characterize his relationship with his students?

(see the answer keys)

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