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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lance reluctant to ride and train competitively again?

2. How does Lance describe his life on chemo?

3. Once Lance is done with chemotherapy, what does he start working on?

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

5. What does Lance do on his honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Kik, and how does Lance meet her?

4. After Lance and Kik marry, where does Lance finally make his official racing return?

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

6. What does Lance say about children -- in particular, children with cancer?

7. Where is Lance two weeks before his baby is due?

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

9. Who keeps Lance company throughout his chemotherapy treatments?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples, explain how the following events were healing for Lance after he beat cancer:

1. Meeting Kik.

2. Organizing the Ride for the Roses.

3. Starting his cancer foundation.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how beating cancer prepares Lance for the race of his life, the Tour de France.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Lance states in his book that, given a choice between being a Tour de France winner and a cancer survivor, he would choose cancer. How has he grown, spiritually and emotionally, from his battle with cancer? What does cancer teach him about life?

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