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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which condition is NOT emblematic of Cushing's disease?
(a) Baldness.
(b) Huge appetite.
(c) Oddly swollen face.
(d) Terrible mood swings.

2. What desire does Price say he began to feel, after returning to his hobby?
(a) To marry.
(b) To walk.
(c) To die.
(d) To write.

3. What did the test show was swollen?
(a) Price's back muscles.
(b) Price's brain.
(c) Price's spinal cord.
(d) The sheaths on Price's nerves.

4. What hobby did Price take up?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Painting.
(d) Sculpture.

5. What was the prognosis after the first round of tests?
(a) Surgery.
(b) Treatment with drugs.
(c) No action.
(d) Treatment with radiation.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long would Price have to wait, to be considered 'cured'?

4. What did Reynolds Price's dying friend tell him?

5. How athletic was Reynolds Price as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Price's profound dream.

2. What was Price's condition when he stayed with Marcia Bennett?

3. Describe Price's condition when he emerged from surgery.

4. What was "The Eel"?

5. How did Reynolds Price's health begin to change?

6. What resources did Price call on for help with his condition?

7. How does Price say his relationship with Jesus changed throughout the course of his cancer treatment?

8. What effect did radiation therapy have on Price's body?

9. What did Price's friend from Florida do for him?

10. Describe Price's physical deterioration after radiation therapy.

(see the answer keys)

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