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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 does Price say Daniel Voll would do 'happily' for him and his visitors?

2. What did Reynolds Price see Dr. Shuping for?

3. What damage did the doctors find when they examined Price?

4. Who was Eric Rector?

5. What had Price learned about pain, in biofeedback?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Jeff and Lettie Anderson offer Price?

2. Describe Price's experience with hypnosis as a treatment.

3. How does Price say Daniel Voll helped him when he was having a hard time accepting his condition?

4. Describe Price's first trip after physical therapy.

5. How did Price's condition change after Christmas 1985?

6. What benefit did Price derive from his hypnosis?

7. What did Daniel Voll do for Reynolds Price?

8. What advice does Price offer to doctors?

9. Describe Price's second surgery.

10. Describe Price's reunion with Daniel Voll.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

Reynolds Price did not write about being homosexual until years after he wrote "A Whole New Life". Is his homosexual experience apparent in this book? How does the information that Price was gay change your reading of the book? What changes? What stays the same?

Essay Topic 3

How does Price's career interact with his illness? Does he benefit by it in his writing? What allows Price to put his experiences to use, and what kinds of experiences remain beyond him as a writer? As a man? Using examples from the text, describe the effect of Price's illness on his writing, and vice versa.

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