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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the good news for Price?
(a) His cancer would not spread.
(b) His cancer was removed.
(c) He would not be in much pain.
(d) He would be up and around quickly.

2. What does Price say a strong neighbor had to do for him?
(a) Hold him through a seizure.
(b) Carry him to bed.
(c) Give him a bath.
(d) Call the ambulance.

3. How long did Marcia Bennett stay with Reynolds Price before moving locations?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) A week.
(d) Two months.

4. How many days a week was Price getting radiation?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. How long would Price have to wait, to be considered 'cured'?
(a) Six months.
(b) Four years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two years.

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

7. What did Marcia Bennett urge Reynolds Price to portray?
(a) His childhood home.
(b) His future recovery.
(c) His cancer.
(d) His vision of Jesus.

8. How many representations does Price say he made of the thing Marcia Bennett urged him to portray?
(a) Dozens.
(b) Scores.
(c) A few.
(d) Several.

9. What symptoms did Price experience as radiation continued?
(a) Baldness.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Swelling in his legs.

10. What did Reynolds Price begin to feel after the anesthesia wore off?
(a) Dizziness.
(b) Numbness.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Excruciating pain.

11. What was Price given for the next few days after surgery?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Oxycontin.
(d) Morphine.

12. What kind of doctor was going to perform surgery on Price?
(a) A radiologist.
(b) A gastroenterologist.
(c) An oncologist.
(d) A neurosurgeon.

13. What had the surgeon discovered?
(a) An excessive auto-immune reaction.
(b) A shattered bone.
(c) A benign cyst.
(d) A malignant tumor.

14. What tribute did Price make to his tumor?
(a) A sculpture.
(b) An abstract painting.
(c) A drawing.
(d) A poem.

15. What activity does Price say he tried out, only to find that it wasn't for him?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Jogging.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Price's body fail to do when his brain told him to do it?

3. How does Price describe his rapport with Marcia Bennett?

4. How did Price's social circle change as he continued with radiation therapy?

5. What did Price feel about the work ahead of him?

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