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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 traits marked Steve's personality?
(a) Friendliness and helpfulness.
(b) Naivete and helpfulness.
(c) Stubbornness and naivete.
(d) Stubborness and friendliness.

2. What did Steve call his fans?
(a) My family.
(b) My people.
(c) My friends.
(d) My fans.

3. Who hired Steve after college?
(a) Saucony.
(b) Adidas.
(c) Nike.
(d) New Balance.

4. How were Steve's views about an Olympic medal different in 1974?
(a) He wanted a medal not the medal.
(b) He thought it was not worth the cost.
(c) He thought the rules for winning one were to strict.
(d) He no longer had interest in winning one.

5. What did Steve say he was going to do at his new house that his friends didn't think he had time for?
(a) Build an addition.
(b) Grow a garden.
(c) Coin collecting.
(d) Remodel it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Steve relate running too?

2. What did Steve think was the reason whenever he lost a race?

3. What club was Steve involved in with Hollister and Bannister?

4. What was Steve's job title with the company that hired him after college?

5. Who was Steve's main competitor in his first European race of 1974?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Steve's reaction to John Hall's prediction of how he would place in the LA Times Indoor Meet?

2. What did being an open athlete mean to Steve?

3. Where did Steve live in the months after college was over?

4. What point in his life had Steve reached when he began the 1975 track season?

5. What was Steve's 1974 Europe tour like?

6. What did going to Europe mean to American athletes in the 1970's?

7. What were the major causes of Steve's disagreements with the AAU?

8. Why were the "Stop Pre" shirts created?

9. What did Bill Dellinger say that Steve had that no runner in his time had?

10. How did Steve feel about being accused of not caring about women's track?

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