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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Page 326.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the engineers are repairing a car, what happens in the garage?
(a) A lighter catches fabric on fire.
(b) A spark catches.
(c) A match is lit.
(d) A cigarette falls on the ground.

2. How does this race allow them to feel?
(a) Nervous, yet excited.
(b) Anxious about their abilities.
(c) Conservative and restrained.
(d) As if they can take certain kinds of risks they would never take in the other races.

3. What will Mark also be able to claim?
(a) 25% of any prize money.
(b) 50% of any prize money.
(c) 15% of any prize money.
(d) 20% of any prize money.

4. Mark explains that when they build for long-distance races their primary concern is what?
(a) To build cars that can last the race.
(b) To build light weight cars.
(c) To build cars with a lot of horsepower.
(d) To build cars that can go the fastest.

5. Roger Penske and his team players end up running ___________ cars in the USAC the next year.
(a) GTO.
(b) Loyola.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Camaro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of his discouragement?

2. Right after a victory, the Porsche people offer the Penske people the opportunity to run a brand new type of Porsche ______ designed for racing conditions.

3. What is the simple truth about street cars?

4. The book begins with introductory writings by whom?

5. In at least one case, there is a specific difficulty with a car that is so bothersome that it makes him want to do what?

(see the answer key)

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