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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 was alcohol affecting him in a new way?

2. What could Reynolds Price do by himself?

3. Where was Marcia Bennett's husband when she was taking care of Price?

4. What hobby did Price take up?

5. What did Reynolds Price's dying friend tell him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Price say was most difficult about the early weeks of radiation therapy?

4. Describe Price's condition when he emerged from surgery.

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

6. What radiation regimen was Price placed on?

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

8. What had doctors found in the surgery?

9. What does Price say he learned about his tumor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is Reynolds Price's faith, and how does it make it easier for him to endure the ordeal of his cancer treatment? What practices does his faith entail, and what religious images does he use in crafting his account of his ordeal. Using examples from the text, describe the role of religion in Price's life.

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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