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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There is an important meeting that provides for another team of drivers to take over so that Javelins will still run for __________________ even though Roger Penske will not do it.
(a) General Motors.
(b) Dodge Motors.
(c) Ford Motors.
(d) American Motors.

2. Mark finishes _______ and is mocked by another driver.
(a) 2nd.
(b) 1st.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 4th.

3. 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.
(a) A couple.
(b) A dozen.
(c) One.
(d) Many.

4. Donohue and his colleague ________ talk much of the night about what a great opportunity this is and what can be done with it.
(a) Cox.
(b) Conn.
(c) Conners.
(d) Colley.

5. The McLaren is still only able to reach a maximum speed of ____________, whereas the Eagle cars are blowing them away, at 7mph faster.
(a) 185mph.
(b) 167mph.
(c) 175mph.
(d) 158mph.

6. There is a problem with the fire extinguishers, and what is the result?
(a) One of the Lolas is burned.
(b) The men have to rely on buckets of water to put out the fire.
(c) The Lolas and the entire garage are burned to uselessness.
(d) The fire trucks have to come put the fire out.

7. This time, in the _______________, they find a way to make it so that they almost break one of the rules but somehow manage to make a wing-like adjustment to the car that will not actually break the rules.
(a) M16 McLaren.
(b) D16 Deimler.
(c) M16 Mercedes.
(d) B16 BMW.

8. 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) 177.8mph.
(c) 186.7mph.
(d) 176.8mph.

9. Success relies on what?
(a) The car and the driver.
(b) Neither the car nor the driver.
(c) The driver.
(d) The car.

10. The team makes progress by doing well in Formula ____.
(a) C.
(b) A.
(c) D.
(d) B.

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

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

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

14. They discuss what to do in the event that they cannot find what?
(a) A good enough crew chief to win the Can-Am races.
(b) A good enough pit crew to win the Can-Am races.
(c) A good enough driver to win the Can-Am races.
(d) A good enough car to win the Can-Am races.

15. This chapter is dated _________.
(a) 1963.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roger Penske offers Mark a salaried _____________ position.

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

3. When Mark asks other drivers about the troubles he is having, how do the others respond?

4. What must happen to any problem the driver cannot handle?

5. For the first time ever in Mark's professional racing career, it turns out that it is wrong to use _____________ differentials in his race car.

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