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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Page 280.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What car do they use to try out in a new racing venue?
(a) A brand new car.
(b) One that will not serve them in the races in which they have been running thus far.
(c) One that has served them well in other races.
(d) An old, trustworthy car.

2. Mark ends up in a car in which he says it is impossible to win. The cars doing well are over _____________ faster than his.
(a) 8mph.
(b) 1mph.
(c) 5mph.
(d) 12mph.

3. This chapter starts in the year ___________.
(a) 1967.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1963.

4. Mark has one car that is "perfectly balanced" but it takes him ___________ years to fully appreciate what a difference this makes.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

5. What is one reason why the other drivers respond the way they do in number 139?
(a) They do not hear Mark.
(b) They do not like to help each other.
(c) They do not like Mark.
(d) They do not know how to deal with these troubles either.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do even the best of race cars often not last long?

2. Months are spent in deliberation about whether or not the Penske team should or would try ___________________.

3. What happens when Mark grows very discouraged?

4. Mark writes that after ____________ years of losing, they have learned a great deal and Mark hopes to return as a team manager in a way that can make them win.

5. While the engineers are repairing a car, what happens in the garage?

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