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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the company feel about the rebuilding of this engine?
(a) It is worried.
(b) It is annoyed.
(c) It is angry.
(d) It is happy.

2. How does the Ferrari man feel about number 95?
(a) He is happy about it.
(b) He is offended by this.
(c) He is jealous.
(d) He is shocked by it.

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

4. During this chapter, Mark observes that they have at least one competitor who assumes that innovation is what?
(a) Destined to fail.
(b) Critical.
(c) Somewhat important.
(d) Useful.

5. What does Mark learn about automobiles?
(a) How they work.
(b) What does and does not make a good race car.
(c) When they were first created.
(d) How fast they can go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Another young man invites Mark to race his __________________ one night.

2. ___________________ is one of the top drivers at the time.

3. Roger Penske is to communicate with Chevrolet's John DeLorean. Who is this man?

4. On what does Mark run the Chevy?

5. The answer to number 86 brings out what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is practicing for a race different than a race?

2. Describe the business meeting between Roger Penske and the American Motors people. How does Mark feel about this? Should he feel this way? Why or why not?

3. Why is the track at Indianapolis frustrating for Mark?

4. What is the first important lesson Mark Donohue learns about racing?

5. What does Mark reveal about himself during this chapter?

6. Describe an example of compromise found in this chapter.

7. How does Roger Penske upset the Ferrari man?

8. What does at least one of Mark's competitors think of innovation? Why might this person feel this way?

9. What does the author say about the relationship between speed and aerodynamics?

10. What happens when Mark is driving a car and the restrictions are removed? How important is the difference in speed? Why?

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