View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Page 275.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The team uses a little trickery to throw off those who are not on the team. What is this trickery, regarding wings?
(a) They make two wings for one car.
(b) They make three wings for two cars.
(c) They make one wing for one car.
(d) They make only one wing for two cars.

2. Why is it not possible for Mark Donohue to figure out whether this car oversteers, understeers or neither at Indianapolis?
(a) The track is too fast.
(b) The track is too narrow.
(c) The track is too slow.
(d) The track is too short.

3. Why do even the best of race cars often not last long?
(a) They are made of cheap materials.
(b) They are driven so hard.
(c) They are poorly made.
(d) They are held together with tape.

4. In _________ at Indianapolis, Mark Donohue is fed up with these problems, even though during much of his career this is just the sort of thing he has enjoyed doing.
(a) 1973.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1977.

5. What is a second possible reason for why the drivers respond the way they do in number 139?
(a) Because of how ignorant they are.
(b) Because of the contracts they have signed.
(c) Because of how much the trouble in question depends on what Mark is like.
(d) Because of the difficulties in the construction of race cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Indianapolis they call, "Gentlemen,....__________________" (p. 182).

2. The author points out how strong the relationship is between speed and ___________________.

3. There is something about one of the cars the Penske team is running at Indianapolis that is particularly ______________ for Mark Donohue.

4. Mark Donohue begins this chapter informing readers that the team is taking their race car to Indianapolis in order to do what?

5. Roger Penske always makes sure that Sunoco-Sun Oil Company has what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 355 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample