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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Price characterize the pain he felt by the end of the semester?
(a) Beyond description.
(b) Overpowering.
(c) Oppressive.
(d) Humbling.

2. What was Dr. Shuping's prognosis?
(a) That he might eventually get some relief from pain.
(b) That surgery might help him.
(c) That Price's outlook for walking was not good.
(d) That he would likely be paralyzed permanently.

3. Which poet did Price NOT hear from?
(a) John Updike.
(b) Raymond Carver.
(c) Phillip Roth.
(d) Stephen Spender.

4. What could Reynolds Price do by himself?
(a) Simple shopping.
(b) Shower and shave.
(c) Get around.
(d) Eat.

5. Who drove Price back and forth for radiation sessions?
(a) Hospice workers.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Friends.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Reynolds Price's response to the trip he took with Daniel Voll?

2. What was Price's condition as the anesthesia wore off?

3. Where did Price look for consolation?

4. What does Price say his health was doing while he was writing the commissioned work?

5. How athletic was Reynolds Price as a child?

(see the answer key)

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