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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 see Dr. Shuping for?

2. What was Dan's role in maintaining Price's balance of mind?

3. What does Price say his outlook was like by April 1985?

4. What damage did the doctors find when they examined Price?

5. What did Price's doctor recommend?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What benefit did Price derive from his hypnosis?

3. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

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

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

6. Describe Price's withdrawal from methodone.

7. Describe Price's experience with hypnosis as a treatment.

8. How was Price managing the pain, when he returned to live at home?

9. What prognosis doe Dr. Shuping give Price?

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 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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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