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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. When Lance wants to officially retire, what concerns his friends and family the most?
(a) How angry he seems to be all the time.
(b) His ongoing fear of cancer.
(c) His lack of commitment for anything.
(d) How hard he is on himself.

2. Who wins the coveted yellow jersey at the end of the first stage of the Tour de France?
(a) Lance Armstrong.
(b) Michael Boogerd.
(c) Abraham Olano.
(d) Alexander Zulle.

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

4. How does Lance feel about the hype and press surrounding his return to pro cycling?
(a) It's wonderful.
(b) It's distracting.
(c) There's not enough of it.
(d) It seems insincere.

5. What happens when Lance and his manager meet with Thom Weisel?
(a) Lance joins the U.S. Postal Team.
(b) They start a second foundation.
(c) Thom hires Lance to be a cancer research spokesperson.
(d) Thom arranges a meeting between Lance and the U.S. President.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the fight against cancer done for Lance?

2. When Lance and his wife move to France, where do they live?

3. How does Lance help his good friend, Stacy Pounds, who is dying from lung cancer?

4. When he sees the large crowds at press events in the United States, how does Lance feel?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. After they marry, why do Kik and Lance move to Europe?

2. In between chemotherapy cycles, what does Lance do back in Austin?

3. How is the U.S. Postal Team that Lance races with regarded at the start of the Tour de France?

4. As Kik and Lance continue to work together on his foundation, what do they discover about one another?

5. When Lance trains in Boone, North Carolina, what change in attitude does he develop?

6. What is the Ride for the Roses?

7. Describe how Lance Armstrong and his mentor, Jim Hoyt, reconcile.

8. Who is LaTrice, and how does she help Lance?

9. While Lance focuses on getting into shape and training for the Tour de France, what does Kik focus on?

10. After Cofidis dissolves Lance's contract, who offers Lance a racing contract?

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