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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. Where did Marcia Bennett and Reynolds Price move to?

2. What muscles could Reynolds Price no longer control?

3. What was Price given for the next few days after surgery?

4. What did Marcia Bennett urge Reynolds Price to portray?

5. How long was Reynolds Price in surgery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What had doctors found in the surgery?

3. Describe Price's profound dream.

4. How does Price say his friends and family reacted to his illness?

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

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

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

8. How athletic was Price?

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

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

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 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

Price says that he considers his old self dead. In what way is "A Whole New Life" a ritual of renewal, or a ceremony of rebirth? In what ways is Price reborn, and how does the image of his rebirth resonate with other of his experiences? Using examples from the text, describe the significance of Price's rebirth in "A Whole New Life".

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