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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. Who is Jeff Anderson?

2. How does Price say he and Marcia Bennett spend their time together?

3. How long did Marcia Bennett stay with Reynolds Price before moving locations?

4. What pastime could Price no longer enjoy while he was undergoing radiation therapy?

5. When does "A Whole New Life begin"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How athletic was Price?

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

5. How did Price's health change after the first surgery?

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

7. What does Price say was the good news in his prognosis?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Price's account of the medical establishment. What insights does he offer? What criticisms? What does Price's portrait of the medical establishment tell us about him? Using examples from the text, analyze Price's portrait of doctors and nurses and support therapists he met. What recommendations and reforms would his book suggest?

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

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.

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