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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 was the subject Price wrote about for his commission?

2. How does Price characterize the pain he felt by the end of the semester?

3. What did Dr. Friedman say was causing Price's pains?

4. What strength does Price say he gained as a result of physical therapy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Jeff and Lettie Anderson offer Price?

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

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

4. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

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

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

7. What benefit did Price derive from his hypnosis?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Price says that he considers his old self dead. In what way is "A Whole New Life" a ritual of renewal, or a ceremony of rebirth? In what ways is Price reborn, and how does the image of his rebirth resonate with other of his experiences? Using examples from the text, describe the significance of Price's rebirth in "A Whole New Life".

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

What is the significance of Price's dream of Jesus in Lake Kinnareth? How does Price use this image and the stories that are related to it in his own account? What resonance does the image of Jesus at Lake Kinnareth, and the Bible stories associated with that lake, have with the events Price describes in Whole New Life?

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