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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marcia Bennett's husband's profession?

2. What was Price told during his dream?

3. What was the good news for Price?

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

5. What was the cause of Price's problems?

Short Essay Questions

1. What radiation regimen was Price placed on?

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

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

4. What was Price's condition when he stayed with Marcia Bennett?

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

6. How did Reynolds Price's health begin to change?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the effectiveness of surgery and biofeedback and hypnosis. How are they similar? How are they different? Why was hypnosis so effective for treating his pain? Why did it take so long for Price to try it?

Essay Topic 2

Price says that illness was new in his life, but at the beginning of the book, he was 51, and just starting to see the effect of age. Using examples from the text, describe how Price had expected his future to go, and how it differed from the future he expected to have. How did Price prepare himself for the future he expected to have? How well prepared was he for the future he had to live with instead?

Essay Topic 3

Would you recommend "A Whole New Life"? For what purposes would you recommend "A Whole New Life", and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

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