A Whole New Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Whole New Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 has Reynolds Price's health been like, up to this point?

2. What is Marcia Bennett's husband's profession?

3. What did Marcia Bennett urge Reynolds Price to portray?

4. What work was Price waiting to resume while he was in radiation therapy?

5. How long was Reynolds Price in surgery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Price say his friends and family reacted to his illness?

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

3. Describe Price's stay with Marcia Bennett.

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

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

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

7. What did Price's doctors recommend for the next step after surgery?

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

9. What does Price say he asked for the morning after he heard the voice tell him what kind of suffering he would have to endure?

10. What does Price say he learned about his tumor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of "A Whole New Life". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

How did illness change Price's personality? Which change was most profound? Using examples from the text, describe the most powerful effects illness had on his life.

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