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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the chapter end?
(a) They lose.
(b) They win a championship.
(c) They almost win a championship.
(d) They enter a championship race.

2. Roger Penske offers Mark a salaried _____________ position.
(a) Team Owner.
(b) Team Manager.
(c) Team Organizer.
(d) Pit Crew Leader.

3. Can all drivers master the same troubles?
(a) Yes, always.
(b) Yes, most of the time.
(c) No, not always.
(d) Yes, often.

4. 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.
(a) 187.7mph.
(b) 186.7mph.
(c) 177.8mph.
(d) 176.8mph.

5. When does Mark write this autobiography?
(a) After coming out of retirement.
(b) Early in his career.
(c) After he retires.
(d) Right before he retires.

6. 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) 1977.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1973.

7. Why does Roger Penske take Mark to Europe?
(a) To learn how to drive.
(b) To study NASCAR.
(c) To take a vacation.
(d) To find a car for the next season's racing.

8. It is normal for race cars to require what?
(a) Further development.
(b) Very few new parts.
(c) Several drivers.
(d) Several organizers.

9. What must happen to any problem the driver cannot handle?
(a) The driver must be replaced.
(b) It must be engineered out of the car.
(c) The problem must be accepted by the driver.
(d) The driver must be taught how to handle these problems.

10. This is a ____________ race, but their car has one anyway.
(a) Two wing.
(b) Three wing.
(c) One wing.
(d) No wing.

11. He tries what the others recommend and he tries other things. Why does he try other things?
(a) He is bored.
(b) In case they are wrong or being intentionally deceitful.
(c) He likes to be right.
(d) To rule out all possibilities.

12. Roger Penske has had ________________ races in the back of his mind.
(a) Dirt track.
(b) Formula One.
(c) IRL.
(d) NASCAR.

13. This chapter is dated ____________.
(a) 1973-1974.
(b) 1976-1977.
(c) 1974-1975.
(d) 1972-1973.

14. Roger says yes, but only after _________________ of consideration and a modification of the plans of how they will do it.
(a) Months.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Years.

15. They spend ______________ getting to know the car and how it works and why it has the problems it has.
(a) Months.
(b) Years.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Will these changes automatically help other drivers?

2. This chapter is dated __________.

3. Mark is shocked when what is offered to them?

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

5. Mark manages to place at the finish in some cases, by doing what?

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