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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to struggling to finish races, what else does Lance struggle with?
(a) Finding time for a social life.
(b) Dealing with competitors.
(c) His weight.
(d) Talking to reporters.

2. 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 his mother gets there on time.
(d) That the diagnosis was wrong.

3. At twenty-one, Lance competes in the World Championships in:
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Helsinki.
(c) Oslo.
(d) Warsaw.

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

5. When the realization that he has cancer sinks in, what does Lance fear?
(a) His sponsors leaving him.
(b) The disease and death.
(c) Dying as a virtual unknown.
(d) Leaving behind his mom and his friends.

6. Why does Lance "talk" to cancer?
(a) To defeat it.
(b) He's going crazy.
(c) His psychiatrist recommends he do this.
(d) The medicines are making him delirious.

7. How does young Lance do in the Ironkids competition he enters?
(a) Comes in fifth place.
(b) Comes in last.
(c) Wins.
(d) Injures himself and must quit.

8. How old is Lance when he discovers he has cancer?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Nineteen.

9. Why are doctors moving so swiftly with Lance's surgery and chemotherapy?
(a) To save his life.
(b) To save his career.
(c) So Lance can get back to racing as quickly as possible.
(d) They fear getting sued.

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

11. What about his cancer "makes it personal?"
(a) Knowing that it's in his brain.
(b) Treating it like a worthy opponent.
(c) Treating it like a worthless inconvenience.
(d) Knowing that the whole world supports him.

12. At one point, Lance is a member of two different racing teams. One is the U.S. National Team under the leadership of:
(a) Chris Kristofferson.
(b) Chris Carmichael.
(c) James Anderson.
(d) James Hoyt.

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

14. What is Cofidis?
(a) The garment company that sponsors Lance.
(b) An advertising and PR agency.
(c) Lance's health insurance company.
(d) The team Lance rides with.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lance Armstrong is a renowned:

2. How does Lance feel after talking with Houston doctors?

3. Lance's brain surgery:

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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