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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 did Price's friend from Florida make sure Price had?

2. Where does Price say he experienced constant pain?

3. What did Price dream vividly about?

4. How does Price spend his time on returning home?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was "The Eel"?

3. What was Reynolds Price's condition at the beginning of the "A Whole New Life"?

4. What does Price say was most difficult about the early weeks of radiation therapy?

5. Where did Price go from Marcia Bennett's house?

6. What was the first prognosis for Price's condition?

7. Describe Price's stay with Marcia Bennett.

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

9. What does Price say was the good news in his prognosis?

10. How did Price's health change after the first surgery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend "A Whole New Life"? For what purposes would you recommend "A Whole New Life", and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

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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