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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 name did everyone know Steve by?
(a) Pre.
(b) Steve.
(c) The Rube.
(d) Steven.

2. What time did Steve leave his last party?
(a) 12:15 a.m.
(b) 12:00 a.m.
(c) 12:30 a.m.
(d) 12:45 a.m.

3. What town did Steve buy a house in after college?
(a) Haines.
(b) Salem.
(c) Coos Bay.
(d) Eugene.

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

5. How did Steve die?
(a) Being thrown from his car after swerving off the road.
(b) A serious running injury.
(c) Rollover car accident.
(d) A car ran him over.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What act did Congress pass in 1978?

3. How many meters was Steve's first European race of 1974?

4. Who hired Steve after college?

5. Who said "That man has something no runner in my time had"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Steve go after leaving the track after his last race?

6. What was one of Steve's strongest traits?

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

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

9. What did Steve tell those conducting the psychological tests he participated in 1975 about how he felt?

10. What did Steve's job at Nike entail?

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