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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Price spend his time on returning home?
(a) Cleaning out his house.
(b) Having people over.
(c) Writing.
(d) Listening to classical music.

2. What was Price able to move when he emerged from surgery?
(a) His legs.
(b) His fingers.
(c) His ankles.
(d) His toes.

3. What was the surgeon's recommendation following surgery?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Another surgery.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Palliative care.

4. How athletic was Reynolds Price as a child?
(a) Not at all athletic.
(b) Somewhat athletic.
(c) Enthusiastically athletic.
(d) Extremely athletic.

5. How was alcohol affecting him in a new way?
(a) He could drink and drink without getting drunk.
(b) One drink would make him drunk.
(c) He felt poisoned.
(d) He would have a severe allergic reaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Price resolve to do, starting a few days after surgery?

2. What is Reynolds Price's condition at the beginning of the memoir?

3. What was Price given for the next few days after surgery?

4. What activity does Price say he tried out, only to find that it wasn't for him?

5. What kind of doctor was going to perform surgery on Price?

(see the answer key)

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