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

2. What changed that allowed Price to return to writing?
(a) He found someone else to help him around the house.
(b) The tumor responded to treatment.
(c) He started to take new drugs.
(d) His incision healed.

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

4. How does Price describe the process of getting off methodone?
(a) A few nights of mild withdrawal.
(b) Mild effects that lingered for a long time.
(c) Weeks of agony.
(d) No effects.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How had the tumor changed since Price's surgery and radiation therapy?

2. What kind of program does Price say he entered after biofeedback?

3. What kinds of subjects does Price say he steered his students toward?

4. How long after biofeedback and hypnosis was Price pain-free?

5. Who did Price see in Atlanta?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Price's condition change after Christmas 1985?

2. What benefit did Price derive from his hypnosis?

3. How does Price say he ended up feeling practically agoraphobic?

4. How does Price say Daniel Voll helped him when he was having a hard time accepting his condition?

5. Describe Price's second surgery.

6. What kinds of pain led Dr. Friedman to recommend biofeedback for Price?

7. What prognosis doe Dr. Shuping give Price?

8. What did Daniel Voll do for Reynolds Price?

9. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

10. What was Price's prognosis after falling from his wheelchair?

(see the answer keys)

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