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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 Belichick treat those staff members who had worked with him at the Giants?
(a) Without special favors.
(b) He works them harder than the rest of the staff.
(c) Better than the rest of the staff.
(d) Worse than the rest of the staff.

2. When does Rehbein die?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2000.

3. What does Bill Belichick expect from life, himself, his team, and his family?
(a) Failure.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Effort.
(d) Excellence.

4. What type of details does the author record about the Patriots?
(a) False information.
(b) Expected details.
(c) Intimate details.
(d) Common knowledge.

5. What type of organization is the Patriots franchise?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Football.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Belichick find it difficult to maintain an authority relationship with the players while working for the New York Jets?

2. Belichick is a strong believer in ___________-based rewards.

3. When Rehbein diee, what position does Belichick take over?

4. Belichick makes comments about Adam Vinatieri being his most ___________ player.

5. How far over their salary cap are the Patriots when they hire Belichick as head coach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which new Quarterback do the Patriots draft in the 2000 Draft? How does this Quarterback perform?

2. How does the author interact with the team during meetings?

3. Between whom does a conversation take place on the plane back from Super Bowl XXXVI and what is discussed?

4. To what does Belichick attribute losing his first head coach interview in 1989, and what has he learned since regarding this deficiency?

5. Describe how the media perceives both the Patriots and the Rams going into the 2001 Super Bowl.

6. When is Bill Belichick hired as Head Coach of the New England Patriots and in what shape is the team?

7. Where was Belichick born and raised? Where has he worked?

8. How, and when, does Tom Brady become the starting Quarterback for the New England Patriots?

9. Describe how Belichick's attitude towards football and work differs from, and is similar to, his attitude away from work.

10. What type of information does the author obtain about the Patriots, and how is he able to obtain this information?

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