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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Price's radiologist describe the radiation therapy he would receive?
(a) Experimentally large doses.
(b) Small doses at the beginning, then getting larger.
(c) Moderate, safe dose.
(d) Strongest possible dose.

2. Describe the effect radiation had on Price.
(a) Exhausting.
(b) Rejuvenating.
(c) Inconveniencing.
(d) Disgusting.

3. What was Price's condition when he returned home?
(a) He was still groggy and in pain.
(b) He was still mobile.
(c) He was paralyzed.
(d) He was still in bed.

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

5. What did Price's body fail to do when his brain told him to do it?
(a) Focus on a book.
(b) Run.
(c) Write a letter.
(d) Stand up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity does Price say he tried out, only to find that it wasn't for him?

2. What is Marcia Bennett's relation with Reynolds Price?

3. What did Price hear from his oncologist?

4. What did Price's friend from Florida make sure Price had?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Price say he learned about his tumor?

2. What had doctors found in the surgery?

3. What effect did radiation therapy have on Price's body?

4. Describe Price's profound dream.

5. What did Price's doctors recommend for the next step after surgery?

6. What does Price say he had to do, before he asked Marcia Bennett about staying with her?

7. What does Price say he asked for the morning after he heard the voice tell him what kind of suffering he would have to endure?

8. What resources did Price call on for help with his condition?

9. What does Price say was the good news in his prognosis?

10. What does Price say he did to make his condition more bearable?

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