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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. McLaren is not doing very well at the time, and they end up getting Mark to drive one of their cars. Can this happen without taking him away from Roger Penske?

2. How does Mark describe the Europeans?

3. Is Mark getting worse at racing?

4. How does the chapter end?

5. For the first time ever in Mark's professional racing career, it turns out that it is wrong to use _____________ differentials in his race car.

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare the Germans to the Americans.

2. Do you believe that teams should be allowed to almost break the rules? Why or why not?

3. What is Mark's initial reaction in Germany? How does Roger feel at first?

4. What does Roger Penske think about the situation with American Motors? How does the situation with American Motors work out well for everyone involved?

5. What does Mark say about race cars in general? How does this lead to a reiteration of an important fact?

6. Describe Mark's experience with NASCAR. What does he learn from this experience?

7. What takes place right after a victory?

8. Describe Mark's death.

9. What does Mark say about racing fuel in this chapter? Why is this important?

10. What fact is reiterated using Mark's difficulty at Indianapolis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Donohue builds a relationship with Flagl.

Part 1) Who is Flagl? How does Donohue meet Flagl? How do these two men begin a working relationship? Why does Flagl become so important to Mark?

Part 2) With who else does Mark build relationships throughout the course of his life? How do each of these individuals influence him as a driver, an engineer, and as a person?

Part 3) With whom do you have a good relationship? How did this relationship develop? How does this relationship influence your daily life? How different would your life be without this person in it?

Essay Topic 2

Mark drives a new car with an anti-skid system.

Part 1) Describe this car and its anti-skid system. How does Mark deal with this new system? What does he think about it? Why does he feel this way about it?

Part 2) What other innovations have been discussed throughout this book? How has Mark been affected by these innovations? Have they all been useful innovations? Why or why not?

Part 3) How much do you think racing has changed since this book was written? What changes might have taken place since the writing of this book? Why? How much might racing have changed in general since this book was written? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Mark has a difficult time with a car he races at Indy.

Part 1) What does Mark imply regarding these difficulties? How does this reiterate the importance of both the car and driver when racing well? What does this period of time reveal about Mark?

Part 2) How does Mark handle these difficulties? How does this lead to more difficulties? Why? What does this reveal about race car drivers?

Part 3) What are your own weaknesses? How do you deal with these weaknesses? Have others been able to help you? If so, how? If not, why not? How do your own weaknesses compare to Mark's?

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