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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 kind of program does Price say he entered after biofeedback?

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

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

4. What was the result of the thing Dan convinced Price to do?

5. Who was Lawrence Wall?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What professional triumphs did Price enjoy in the winter of 1987?

3. What advice does Price offer to doctors?

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

5. Describe Price's second surgery.

6. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

7. Describe Price's reunion with Daniel Voll.

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

9. What did Daniel Voll do for Reynolds Price?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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"?

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