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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 man was Steve?

2. What did Frank Shorter say that Steve was?

3. What did Steve place in the 1975 CYO meet?

4. What bad nickname was given to Amateurism?

5. Where did Steve drop his other passenger off?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Steve's car accident happen?

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

4. What was Steve's opinion on his running ability?

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

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

7. How did Steve's fans feel about him?

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

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

10. What was Steve's greatest drawback in Europe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Steve's hometown of Coos Bay felt about him.

Essay Topic 2

The subtitle of Pre is "The story of America's Greatest Running Legend." Discuss why the author thought that Steve was America's Greatest Running Legend.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the reaction to Steve's death.

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