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Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lance regard his biological father?
(a) He misses him terribly.
(b) He would like a relationship with him.
(c) He was a great role model.
(d) He wants nothing to do with him.

2. What does Lance's mother do when she learns her son has cancer?
(a) Flies to Houston to speak with specialists.
(b) Goes to Austin to support him.
(c) Faints.
(d) Tells Lance's stepfather.

3. What does Lance ask for after hearing everything doctors have to say to him about proposed treatments?
(a) A coin to flip.
(b) For time with friends and family to make a decision.
(c) Three days to reach a decision.
(d) Medicine for his increasing pain.

4. How does Lance help his good friend, Stacy Pounds, who is dying from lung cancer?
(a) Grants her wish to see the Grand Canyon before she dies.
(b) Introduces her to his chemotherapy nurse.
(c) Finds the right doctors for her.
(d) Arranges for her to see her son before she dies.

5. What does Lance's coach point out whenever he wants to quit racing?
(a) He'll probably learn more through his defeats than his victories.
(b) Everybody feels that way now and then.
(c) If he quits, the cycling world will never take him back.
(d) He can't break his contract.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Larry Einhorn?

2. Why does Lance bank his sperm prior to starting chemotherapy?

3. How does young Lance do in the Ironkids competition he enters?

4. What does the Houston doctor say to Lance when the cyclist hesitates?

5. What about his cancer "makes it personal?"

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