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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Mark Donohue is _____________ the Javelin race car.
(a) Frustrated with.
(b) Baffled by.
(c) Excited about.
(d) Angered by.
2. Mark Donohue frequently acknowledges the help of whom?
(a) Others.
(b) His father.
(c) Roger Penske.
(d) His son.
3. ______________, who brings out the new Lolas every season, wants a number 10 on one of the cars.
(a) Carlos Hacienda.
(b) Carlton Hession.
(c) Carl Haas.
(d) Carley Homer.
4. What can Mark do based on this fact about his personal life?
(a) Become depressed.
(b) He can make certain types of decisions.
(c) Anything he wants.
(d) Nothing.
5. In Chapter 12, Camaro, the engineers build one race car with how many specific races in mind?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.
6. Roger Penske is to communicate with Chevrolet's John DeLorean. Who is this man?
(a) A driver for Chevy.
(b) A pit crew leader for Chevy.
(c) Chevy's spokesman.
(d) Chevy's General Manager.
7. Why is there a serious debate about which type of tires to use in a given race?
(a) The conflict is over values and loyalties.
(b) Many of the tires seem to be the same.
(c) There is not much known about each brand of tires.
(d) None of the tires are of good quality.
8. Who is good for pursuing the same idea with Mark at this later date?
(a) A different man from the one who offered the previous time.
(b) The man who made him the same offer the previous time.
(c) Roger Penske.
(d) His teammates.
9. They use the _______ wing for the final round of qualifying and for the real race.
(a) Medium.
(b) High.
(c) Flat.
(d) Low.
10. This chapter starts in the year ___________.
(a) 1967.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1969.
11. Mark has one car that is "perfectly balanced" but it takes him ___________ years to fully appreciate what a difference this makes.
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.
12. Mark notes how much he is affected by the answer to number 30 when what happens?
(a) Another race car driver is killed in a crash.
(b) He is alone for too long.
(c) He becomes close to a race car driver who is killed in a crash.
(d) Others trick him into signing bad deals.
13. 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 slow.
(b) The track is too fast.
(c) The track is too short.
(d) The track is too narrow.
14. Chapter 15: The Lola T70 includes an experimental stiff set of ________________ that are so good they are reused in a number of race cars over several years.
(a) Rods.
(b) Springs.
(c) Wheels.
(d) Tires.
15. The featured piece of hardware in this part of the book is what?
(a) The footer.
(b) The header.
(c) The spring.
(d) The spoiler.
Short Answer Questions
1. They do not run the cars much over __________________ at that track for that race.
2. The next section is about the building of ___________ racing cars.
3. The speeds at Indianapolis are _________________ of all the tracks.
4. What is Mark's funder's response regarding driving for another?
5. How does the author die?
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