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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 Dr. Friedman say was causing Price's pains?

3. What did Dan convince Price to do?

4. What did Patrick Louge teach Price?

5. Who commissioned Price's work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Price's second surgery.

2. Describe Price's trip to New York.

3. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

4. What do Jeff and Lettie Anderson offer Price?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What advice does Price offer to doctors?

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

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

Would you recommend "A Whole New Life"? For what purposes would you recommend "A Whole New Life", and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

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