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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Start Line.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Lance's mother when she gives birth to him?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Seventeen.

2. Why does Lance have trouble fitting into his community and his high school?
(a) His biological father makes life difficult for him.
(b) He doesn't understand the prevalent football mentality.
(c) He has a lisp which makes him self-conscious.
(d) He is picked on for being too skinny.

3. What personal obstacles do Kik and Lance need to overcome to become parents?
(a) Lance is too busy with his career to raise a family.
(b) Both fail background checks.
(c) Cancer treatments have left Lance sterile.
(d) Kik is afraid to have children.

4. 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) He won't be able to race in the upcoming triathlon.
(b) Someone should take away his bike.
(c) He needs five days of bed rest.
(d) He must stop training so aggressively.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lance sent to see a urologist, Dr. Jim Reeves?

2. Who is Jim Hoyt?

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

4. In "Before and After," what does Lance say causes him to become a different person in one afternoon?

5. Lance is invited to compete in the 1990 Junior World Championship in:

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