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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What personal goal do Lance and Kik develop?
(a) To have a baby.
(b) To meet with cancer patients every week.
(c) To move to Norway.
(d) To spend more time together.

2. What is Lance doing two years after his cancer diagnosis?
(a) Doing commercials in Japan.
(b) Trying to get into the Tour de France.
(c) Contemplating what to do with his life.
(d) Racing well in Europe.

3. Why is Lance reluctant to ride and train competitively again?
(a) He feels he is too far out of shape.
(b) He'd rather devote himself to helping children.
(c) He's having too much fun with the foundation.
(d) He worries that training will bring the cancer back.

4. When Lance returns to racing as a cancer survivor, what does he struggle with?
(a) His body has changed and doesn't respond the way it used to.
(b) The majority of his fans have forgotten about him.
(c) He'd rather be fundraising for cancer.
(d) His fears are still too great and distracting.

5. When Lance finally decides to race again, what does Cofidis do?
(a) Disbands its cycling team.
(b) Dissolves his contract.
(c) Offers him a huge salary.
(d) Offers him a fundraising job.

6. How does Lance react when he learns that his lead at the Tour de France is causing a frenzy back in the United States?
(a) He's not surprised.
(b) He doubts it.
(c) He laughs nervously.
(d) He can't comprehend this.

7. Who is LaTrice?
(a) Lance's aunt.
(b) Lance's chemotherapy nurse.
(c) Lance's personal assistant.
(d) Lance's publicity representative.

8. When does Lance's former mentor, Jim Hoyt, return to his life?
(a) During Ride For The Roses.
(b) Right before Lance goes in for brain surgery.
(c) When Lance starts chemotherapy.
(d) During Stand Up To Cancer.

9. When Alain Bondue talks with Lance, he tries to:
(a) Present a realistic outlook.
(b) Ensure Lance is comfortable.
(c) Say very little.
(d) Show support.

10. What does Lance attempt to do in between chemotherapy cycles?
(a) Mend his broken heart.
(b) Negotiate new contracts.
(c) Write a book.
(d) Ride his bike.

11. How many cycles of chemotherapy does Lance have to go through?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

12. When Lance finally asks one of his doctors how bad his odds had been with cancer, he learns that doctors had given him what survival chance?
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Fifteen percent.
(c) Three percent.
(d) Thirty-five percent.

13. How do Kik and Lance end up spending more and more time together?
(a) Kik starts to ride her bike with Lance.
(b) Lance starts to accompany Kik on her hospital visits.
(c) Taking community college classes together.
(d) Working for the foundation.

14. What has the fight against cancer done for Lance?
(a) Given him a heart.
(b) Toughened him up.
(c) Made him famous.
(d) Made him who he is today.

15. As part of the reconciliation between Jim Hoyt and the cyclist, Lance does what?
(a) Offers Jim a job.
(b) Takes Jim out to an expensive dinner.
(c) Apologizes.
(d) Hands Jim a yellow jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lance realize when he begins training for the Tour de France as a cancer survivor but ends up in several crashes?

2. How does Jim Hoyt become involved with Lance's foundation?

3. Lance goes from being the racer nobody wants on their team to the:

4. After making a comeback in the United States, what is Lance's next step?

5. Even though Lance goes away on a speaking engagement, he constantly:

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