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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 Reynolds Price and Daniel Voll travel to together?

2. What did Price's friends the Andersons offer to do for him?

3. Where does Dan establish himself?

4. What did doctors do during Price's surgery at the end of the semester?

5. What was different about Daniel Voll's visit, when he returned to see Price?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kinds of pain led Dr. Friedman to recommend biofeedback for Price?

3. How was Price managing the pain, when he returned to live at home?

4. What was the new demon Price experienced after his second surgery?

5. How did Price's community react to his being housebound?

6. What benefit did Price derive from his hypnosis?

7. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

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

9. What was Price's prognosis after falling from his wheelchair?

10. How does Price say he thought about his future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Price's family and community as they are described in the book. How close are they? What are their core beliefs? How did Price fit in with them? Well, or badly? Using examples from the text, describe Price's relationship with the people who were close to him when he became sick.

Essay Topic 3

What are the different jobs this book does? (Consoling, expressing emotions, testifying, educating, entertaining, etc.) Which jobs does it finish, and which jobs does it do intermittently? Which things does it do for you as a reader? What jobs do you think it did best for Price?

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