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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. What type of people did Steve say were big in his hometown?

2. How many miles would Steve run every day when training?

3. How many additional miles would Steve run on Sunday's?

4. What place did Steve get in the Oregon Invitational while in high school?

5. Where did the 1972 Olympics take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Steve go about breaking other runners when he was racing against them?

2. What did Dan Berger say about the way that Steve handled interviews?

3. What did Steve's college coach say set Steve apart from other athletes?

4. What did Steve's competitors notice about him at the beginning of the 1973 cross country season?

5. Why did Steve feel so bonded to the people in Eugene?

6. Why did Steve say that training was grim?

7. How did Steve do at the Oregon Twilight meet of 1973?

8. What was Steve's average training day like?

9. What did Steve say about his odds in the Olympics?

10. Who helped Steve with his Olympic training after the trials were over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Steve's relationships with other runners.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's opinion of Steve.

Essay Topic 3

In the book the author alludes to the fact that Steve may have had a drinking problem, discuss that using examples from the book.

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