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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. How many days a week was Price getting radiation?

2. Who is Jeff Anderson?

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

4. Where was Price taken after surgery?

5. How did Price's social circle change as he continued with radiation therapy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Price's stay with Marcia Bennett.

3. How athletic was Price?

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

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

6. What resources did Price call on for help with his condition?

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

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

9. What was the first prognosis for Price's condition?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate your own reading of "A Whole New Life"--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 3

The AIDS epidemic began in the U.S. in 1981, only a few years before Price's illness. How does the spectre of AIDS appear in the book, and how does Price handle the panic and dread that comes from a possible death sentence (even though his condition was quite different from AIDS)? Are there thematic similarities with AIDS patients, that give AIDS a resonance in "A Whole New Life"?

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