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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. Who is Jim Hoyt?
(a) Triathlon coach.
(b) Manager and uncle.
(c) Bike shop owner and mentor.
(d) Swim teacher.

2. Lance notes that in addition to being rough and dangerous, training for cycling races require:
(a) Patience and persistence.
(b) Trickery.
(c) Courage and creativity.
(d) Fierceness.

3. The triathlons that Lance does extremely well in combines which three sports?
(a) Swimming, diving, gymnastics.
(b) Cycling, skating, soccer.
(c) Cycling, running, skating.
(d) Swimming, running, cycling.

4. At the World Championships in Norway, Lance becomes the:
(a) First non-European to compete there.
(b) First American to come in second place.
(c) Youngest winner of a world cycling title.
(d) Youngest ever racer in Norway.

5. At twenty-one, Lance competes in the World Championships in:
(a) Oslo.
(b) Helsinki.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Warsaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lance accomplish at the age of twenty-one at the Tour de France?

2. Why is Lance's insurance denied?

3. Why does Lance hold a press conference near the start of his cancer treatments?

4. What does Lance's coach point out whenever he wants to quit racing?

5. How serious is Lance's cancer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Lance and his mother concerned about the aggressive treatment plan that Houston doctors propose?

2. What does Dr. Jim Reeves conclude after conducting a series of medical tests on Lance Armstrong?

3. Explain the title of this chapter, "I Don't Check My Mother At The Door."

4. Why does Lance need to bank his sperm prior to undergoing treatment for cancer?

5. At what point in his life does Lance begin to feel real fear?

6. Why does Lance ignore signs that something is terribly wrong with his body?

7. In addition to covering his journey as a cancer survivor, what other main aspects of Lance Armstrong's life does the book discuss?

8. How does Lance's outlook change when he learns he has tumors in his brain?

9. What sports does Lance excel in as a child and teenager?

10. Who is Lance Armstrong, and for what is he best known?

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