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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. What work was Price waiting to resume while he was in radiation therapy?
(a) Writing a memoir.
(b) Writing a book of essays.
(c) Reviewing books.
(d) Writing a novel.

2. What is Reynolds Price's job at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) University dean.
(b) University professor.
(c) Editor.
(d) Literary critic.

3. Which physical problem has Reynolds Price NOT encountered at the beginning of "A Whole New Life"?
(a) A waning of sexual desire.
(b) Far-sightedness.
(c) Chronic back pain.
(d) A torn ligament in his knee.

4. What symptoms did Price experience as radiation continued?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Swelling in his legs.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Baldness.

5. What did Price dream vividly about?
(a) Being dead.
(b) Being at his own funeral.
(c) Being in the womb.
(d) Being with Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Price given for the next few days after surgery?

3. What did Reynolds Price ask Marcia Bennett?

4. What did Price resolve to do, starting a few days after surgery?

5. What was Price's condition as the anesthesia wore off?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Price say his relationship with Jesus changed throughout the course of his cancer treatment?

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

3. What was Price's emotional reaction to his condition?

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

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

6. 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?

7. Describe Price's physical deterioration after radiation therapy.

8. Describe Price's stay with Marcia Bennett.

9. What radiation regimen was Price placed on?

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

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