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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 did Reynolds Price find when he finally went to the hospital?

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

3. What kind of program does Price say he entered after biofeedback?

4. What kinds of subjects does Price say he steered his students toward?

5. Who was Eric Rector?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story Price told when he was commissioned by Hendrix College.

2. What did Daniel Voll do for Reynolds Price?

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

4. How does Price say he ended up feeling practically agoraphobic?

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

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

7. Describe Price's withdrawal from methodone.

8. Describe Price's second surgery.

9. What advice does Price offer to doctors?

10. Describe Price's reunion with Daniel Voll.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Price's account of the medical establishment. What insights does he offer? What criticisms? What does Price's portrait of the medical establishment tell us about him? Using examples from the text, analyze Price's portrait of doctors and nurses and support therapists he met. What recommendations and reforms would his book suggest?

Essay Topic 2

The AIDS epidemic began in the U.S. in 1981, only a few years before Price's illness. How does the spectre of AIDS appear in the book, and how does Price handle the panic and dread that comes from a possible death sentence (even though his condition was quite different from AIDS)? Are there thematic similarities with AIDS patients, that give AIDS a resonance in "A Whole New Life"?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of "A Whole New Life"--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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