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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 award did Kate Vaiden win?

3. What good news did Dr. Shuping give Price?

4. What changed when Reynolds Price injured himself?

5. What did Price learn to do in biofeedback?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What advice does Price offer to doctors?

3. Describe Price's trip to New York.

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

5. Describe Price's second surgery.

6. What benefit did Price derive from his hypnosis?

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

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

9. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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