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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conversations with Cancer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Steven Wolf encourage Lance?
(a) By assuring him he'll live.
(b) By reminding him that he has many treatment options.
(c) By offering him painkilling herbs.
(d) By asking him for an autograph.

2. Why won't Motorola pay for Lance's treatments?
(a) He and the coach have had a falling out.
(b) He had opted out of health insurance coverage.
(c) He's no longer a member of this team.
(d) The team owner wants to punish Lance.

3. When Lance races with the U.S. National Team in 1991, he is not sure whether to win or let a competitor win. He calls his mother for advice and she says:
(a) He should win if he can.
(b) He should be a gracious competitor and let the other team win.
(c) She doesn't know how to counsel him.
(d) He should ask his coach.

4. What does an MRI reveal to Lance's doctors?
(a) The absence of cancer.
(b) A lump on his shoulder.
(c) A heart condition.
(d) Brain tumors.

5. What does Lance's mother do while raising him?
(a) Writes a book.
(b) Gets her PhD in psychology.
(c) Wins the Texas lottery.
(d) Works two jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to entering triathlons, what else does young Lance enter?

2. What does Lance ask for after hearing everything doctors have to say to him about proposed treatments?

3. The treatment plan proposed by Houston doctors is considered what?

4. What does Dr. Wolf recommend that Lance do?

5. At the World Championships, Lance's mother sits and watches:

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