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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Lance feel about treatment options proposed in Indianapolis?
(a) They are the same as other options.
(b) They are more optimistic.
(c) They make no sense.
(d) They are far worse.

3. What advice from coaches does Lance fail to listen to early in his career?
(a) To wear sunscreen.
(b) To pace himself.
(c) To ignore the crowds.
(d) To not eat before a race.

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

5. What does Lance do after learning he has cancer?
(a) Contacts his family and friends.
(b) Shuts himself up in his apartment.
(c) Flies to New York.
(d) Takes a long bike ride by himself.

6. What type of cancer is Lance first diagnosed with?
(a) Bladder.
(b) Testicular.
(c) Prostate.
(d) Pancreatic.

7. 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.

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

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

10. Who offers to contact Lance's mom and tell her about his cancer when he cannot do it himself?
(a) His girlfriend, Kristin Richard.
(b) His mentor, Jim Hoyt.
(c) His friend, Rick Parker.
(d) His coach, Chris Kristofferson.

11. Moreno Argentin is one of Lance's:
(a) Best friends.
(b) Toughest competitors.
(c) Most capable doctors.
(d) Most annoying teammates.

12. The triathlons that Lance does extremely well in combines which three sports?
(a) Swimming, running, cycling.
(b) Swimming, diving, gymnastics.
(c) Cycling, skating, soccer.
(d) Cycling, running, skating.

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

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

15. In addition to covering Lance's journey through cancer, this book documents the obstacles he overcame to:
(a) Pay his mounting debt.
(b) Win the Tour de France.
(c) Become a champion golfer.
(d) Locate his birth mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Texas does Lance spend his teen and preteen years?

2. Who is Kik?

3. Why do Lance and his mother feel uncomfortable with the plan proposed by Houston doctors?

4. How old is Lance when he gets his first bike?

5. Why is Lance's insurance denied?

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