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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 had the surgeon discovered?

2. What did Price's body fail to do when his brain told him to do it?

3. How athletic was Reynolds Price as a child?

4. What was the good news for Price?

5. What has Reynolds Price's health been like, up to this point?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What radiation regimen was Price placed on?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What had doctors found in the surgery?

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

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

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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