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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lance notes that early in his career, he is:
(a) Brash.
(b) Naive.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Confused.

3. Why does Lance call Dr. Steven Wolf after talking with a Houston doctor about a proposed treatment plan?
(a) To verify the Houston doctor's credentials.
(b) To cry.
(c) To get his opinion.
(d) To vent.

4. What does the Houston doctor say to Lance when the cyclist hesitates?
(a) Lance doesn't have much time.
(b) Lance needs immediate treatment.
(c) Lance should spend a week thinking it over.
(d) He's the best cancer doctor in the business.

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

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

7. Lance Armstrong is perhaps best known for his victories at the:
(a) IFMAR World Championship.
(b) Winter Olympics.
(c) Tour de France.
(d) World Cup.

8. Who is Dr. Steven Wolf?
(a) A psychiatrist and cancer survivor.
(b) An oncologist and cycling fan.
(c) A cycling coach and sports doctor.
(d) An alternative health practitioner.

9. At the World Championships in Norway, Lance becomes the:
(a) First American to come in second place.
(b) Youngest ever racer in Norway.
(c) Youngest winner of a world cycling title.
(d) First non-European to compete there.

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

11. What relationship does Lance have with his mother?
(a) They compete against each other.
(b) They are extremely close.
(c) It's distant and strained.
(d) It's full of misunderstandings.

12. Near the end of the chapter "Bad to Worse," what do doctors begin to fear prior to Lance starting chemotherapy?
(a) That he doesn't have cancer after all.
(b) That his body is too weak to handle chemo.
(c) That the cancer has spread to his brain.
(d) That he will try to race despite their objections.

13. At the same time that Lance competes internationally with the U.S. National Team, he competes domestically for:
(a) Radio Shack.
(b) Nike.
(c) Subaru-Montgomery.
(d) Discovery-Atlanta.

14. What do all doctors agree upon with regards to Lance's brain lesions?
(a) They will impair his balance.
(b) He needs another MRI.
(c) They require surgery.
(d) They require radiation.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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:

3. Who is Rick Parker?

4. How does Dr. Steven Wolf encourage Lance?

5. How does Lance regard his stepfather, Terry Armstrong?

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