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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of cancer is Lance first diagnosed with?

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

3. In "Before and After," what does Lance say causes him to become a different person in one afternoon?

4. Why does Lance bank his sperm prior to starting chemotherapy?

5. Who is Dr. Larry Einhorn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reckless behavior almost prevents Lance from racing in a triathlon he's been training for? What is the final outcome?

2. What issues does Lance run into with health insurance as he goes into treatments to combat cancer?

3. Why are Lance and his mother concerned about the aggressive treatment plan that Houston doctors propose?

4. How does Lance's outlook change when he learns he has tumors in his brain?

5. What treatment options are available to Lance other than what the Houston doctors propose?

6. What does Lance do after he learns that he has cancer?

7. Why does Lance need to bank his sperm prior to undergoing treatment for cancer?

8. Who is Moreno Argentin, and how does he regard Lance Armstrong?

9. What is the outcome of Lance's brain surgery?

10. What hope does Dr. Steven Wolf offer Lance regarding his treatment options?

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