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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bad to Worse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the World Championships, Lance's mother sits and watches:
(a) For two days in the hot sun.
(b) For seven hours in the rain.
(c) Her portable TV.
(d) For the last fifteen minutes.

2. How does Lance react when he learns he has cancer?
(a) He's ready to fight the disease.
(b) He sinks into a deep depression.
(c) He punches a wall.
(d) He calls the doctors liars.

3. Why does Lance finally consult with a doctor after his symptoms appear?
(a) His coach, girlfriend, and best friends urge him to go.
(b) His symptoms and pain have grown severe.
(c) He gets medical insurance.
(d) He goes in for an annual checkup.

4. When Lance arrives at the hospital in preparation for surgery to remove a cancerous growth, what is he hoping for?
(a) That he wakes up from this bad dream.
(b) That the specialists know what they're doing.
(c) That the diagnosis was wrong.
(d) That his mother gets there on time.

5. When Lance runs a red light on his bike, is hit by a car, and is treated at the hospital, what do doctors say?
(a) Someone should take away his bike.
(b) He won't be able to race in the upcoming triathlon.
(c) He must stop training so aggressively.
(d) He needs five days of bed rest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the realization that he has cancer sinks in, what does Lance fear?

3. Why does one of Lance's competitors intentionally finish a race in fourth place even though he is easily in second place?

4. What does Lance's mother do when she learns her son has cancer?

5. Why do doctors want to start Lance on chemotherapy sooner than they had originally planned?

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