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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Page 234.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Mark grows very discouraged?
(a) He almost completely stops racing.
(b) He calls his mom.
(c) He is almost fired.
(d) He drives in more races.

2. For the first time, Mark finds someone who finds the ________ of the car.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Brakes.
(c) Limit.
(d) Skills.

3. Once they find the correct adjustments, the car is ________ seconds faster per lap than the others.
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

4. What happens when Mark's vehicle has a problem with the chassis?
(a) He quits racing for awhile.
(b) He races for a new team.
(c) The company kindly sends a replacement.
(d) He rebuilds it.

5. The speeds at Indianapolis are _________________ of all the tracks.
(a) The fastest.
(b) Not the fastest.
(c) The most dangerous.
(d) The slowest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What car gets wrecked at the USAC races?

2. When Mark drives one car on a practice run, after the restrictions are released, the change in miles per hour that results is what?

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

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

5. Mark is able to go ______________ at Indianapolis, and when he tells another driver this fact, the other man is shocked and walks off, literally reeling from the blow.

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