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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 was Price told during his dream?

2. What did Price hear from his oncologist?

3. How many representations does Price say he made of the thing Marcia Bennett urged him to portray?

4. How does Price spend his time on returning home?

5. What was the prognosis after the first round of tests?

Short Essay Questions

1. How athletic was Price?

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

3. What had doctors found in the surgery?

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

5. What radiation regimen was Price placed on?

6. Describe Price's profound dream.

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

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

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

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 an evaluative review of "A Whole New Life". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

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