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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 different about Daniel Voll's visit, when he returned to see Price?

2. What did two new MRIs indicate about Price's tumor?

3. How does Price describe the process of getting off methodone?

4. What was the 'new demon' Price encountered after surgery?

5. What was Price's original opinion of biofeedback?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Price's trip to New York.

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

4. What does Price say about the pain he felt after falling from his wheelchair?

5. Describe Price's second surgery.

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

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

8. What do Jeff and Lettie Anderson offer Price?

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

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

Compare and contrast the effectiveness of surgery and biofeedback and hypnosis. How are they similar? How are they different? Why was hypnosis so effective for treating his pain? Why did it take so long for Price to try it?

Essay Topic 2

Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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