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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 did Dan convince Price to do?
(a) Travel more.
(b) Visit his family.
(c) Buy a van with hand controls.
(d) Write about his old memories.

2. What did Dr. Friedman say was causing Price's pains?
(a) Phantom pain.
(b) His immune system attacking his healthy tissue.
(c) Repressed memories.
(d) Damaged nerve cells.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the 'new demon' Price encountered after surgery?

2. What was the purpose of Price's trip?

3. What does Price say his outlook was like by April 1985?

4. What did Price decide to do?

5. What was Reynolds Price's response to the trip he took with Daniel Voll?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Price managing the pain, when he returned to live at home?

3. Describe Price's second surgery.

4. What advice does Price offer to doctors?

5. Describe Price's experience with hypnosis as a treatment.

6. Describe Price's reunion with Daniel Voll.

7. Describe Price's first trip after physical therapy.

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

9. How did Price's community react to his being housebound?

10. Describe Price's withdrawal from methodone.

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