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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 does Price describe radiation therapy?
(a) Torture.
(b) Not horrible.
(c) Hardly anything.
(d) A kind of death.

2. What kind of doctor was going to perform surgery on Price?
(a) A radiologist.
(b) An oncologist.
(c) A gastroenterologist.
(d) A neurosurgeon.

3. What did Reynolds Price begin to feel after the anesthesia wore off?
(a) Numbness.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Excruciating pain.
(d) Dizziness.

4. Where was Marcia Bennett's husband when she was taking care of Price?
(a) Africa.
(b) Australia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

5. How many days a week was Price getting radiation?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the radiologist describe the chance of paralysis?

2. What would they share?

3. What was the surgeon's recommendation following surgery?

4. How long was Reynolds Price in surgery?

5. Where does Price say he experienced constant pain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Price's health change after the first surgery?

3. 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?

4. How does Price say his friends and family reacted to his illness?

5. What did Price's friend from Florida do for him?

6. Where did Price go from Marcia Bennett's house?

7. What did Price draw on Marcia Bennett's urging?

8. Describe Price's profound dream.

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

10. What was Reynolds Price's condition at the beginning of the "A Whole New Life"?

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