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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. How does Lance react when he learns he has cancer?
(a) He sinks into a deep depression.
(b) He calls the doctors liars.
(c) He's ready to fight the disease.
(d) He punches a wall.

2. In "Before and After," what does Lance say causes him to become a different person in one afternoon?
(a) Losing a race.
(b) Being abandoned by his coach.
(c) Meeting Kik.
(d) Cancer diagnosis.

3. In addition to entering triathlons, what else does young Lance enter?
(a) 10K races.
(b) Skateboard competitions.
(c) Tennis matches.
(d) Dance contests.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Houston doctor say to Lance when the cyclist hesitates?

2. Despite doctors' orders, what does Lance accomplish after being hit by a car?

3. What are the chances that Lance will survive his cancer?

4. In addition to struggling to finish races, what else does Lance struggle with?

5. The chemo protocol proposed to Lance at Indianapolis would aggressively attack the cancer while:

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lance want to quit racing at times?

2. Lance describes himself as brash during the early phases of his cycling career. How does this brashness interfere with his progress?

3. At what point in his life does Lance begin to feel real fear?

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

5. Describe the circumstances of Lance's birth and first few years of life.

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

7. Explain where Lance is in his life when signs of cancer appear.

8. Describe how Lance's once in a lifetime experience with the 1990 Junior World Championship in Moscow almost prevents him from graduating high school on time.

9. What Tour de France victory does Lance enjoy at the age of twenty-one?

10. What propels Lance to consult with a doctor?

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