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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mark reports to readers that he thinks about it for how long, and then decides to go ahead and give it a try?
(a) Six months.
(b) A whole year.
(c) Two years.
(d) A week.

3. There are times during races when Mark does surprisingly well. Why is this surprising?
(a) He is a beginner.
(b) He does not enjoy driving.
(c) He has never driven before.
(d) He is a timid driver.

4. What does Mark realize about his car?
(a) Its strengths.
(b) Its quality.
(c) Its limitations.
(d) Its power.

5. How does Mark feel about the performance of his car?
(a) Angry.
(b) Rather pleased.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Disappointed.

6. In this case, Mark writes that he feels his own and his team's experience in this area will serve as what?
(a) A loss.
(b) A penalty.
(c) Their Unfair Advantage.
(d) A detriment.

7. 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 short.
(c) The track is too narrow.
(d) The track is too fast.

8. Chapter 10 begins in what year?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1965.

9. How does the author die?
(a) In a car crash on the interstate.
(b) From a heart attack.
(c) In a car crash during a race.
(d) From cancer.

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

11. What kind of racing is the answer to number 86?
(a) This is a new set of auto races.
(b) This is an American set of auto races.
(c) This is an International set of auto races.
(d) This is a set of sprint races.

12. This is a car which Mark Donohue explains is __________________ at first.
(a) Terribly strong.
(b) Terribly boring.
(c) Terribly built.
(d) Terribly unstable.

13. In Indianapolis they call, "Gentlemen,....__________________" (p. 182).
(a) Go.
(b) Hit the gas.
(c) You may begin.
(d) Start your engines.

14. The Penske team enters ___________ racing.
(a) Indy.
(b) Formula.
(c) NASCAR.
(d) Drag.

15. Roger Penske always makes sure that Sunoco-Sun Oil Company has what?
(a) Good seats for the races.
(b) A television advertisement.
(c) Money to donate to the Penske team.
(d) Their name written on every car they race.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roger becomes frightened when he hears Roger Penske announce publicly that they are going to win _____ races driving Javelin race cars for American Motors.

2. What is someone able to offer Mark Donohue for racing on a team?

3. Are cars modified every season?

4. Mark Donohue is a ___________________ student who likes cars.

5. Roger Penske and his team players end up running ___________ cars in the USAC the next year.

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