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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mark feel about the performance of his car?

2. Why is it not possible for Mark Donohue to figure out whether this car oversteers, understeers or neither at Indianapolis?

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

4. In this case, Mark writes that he feels his own and his team's experience in this area will serve as what?

5. What does the company feel about the rebuilding of this engine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mark prior to becoming a race car driver. How does he get into racing?

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

3. Describe Formula racing.

4. What conflict over value and loyalties takes place in this chapter? How important does loyalty seem to be, based on this example?

5. What does the writer of the introduction have to say about the author?

6. How does Mark Donohue die? What are your thoughts on his death?

7. Describe Mark's personal life. How does he feel about this?

8. Describe Mark's experience with the Lola T70.

9. How has the race in which Mark has now taken an interest become a good experience for Mark and the team?

10. What is decided between Roger Penske and Chevrolet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Loyalty causes problems for Mark and his team.

Part 1) To whom is Mark loyal? Why? How does this affect his racing? Overall, are these loyalties beneficial? Why or why not?

Part 2) Describe loyalties that athletes have today. Why do these loyalties exist? How do they affect an athlete's career? How do these loyalties compare to Mark's?

Part 3) To whom are you loyal? Why? How does this loyalty affect your life and the decisions you make in your life? Overall, do you see loyalties as good or bad? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Donohue builds a relationship with Flagl.

Part 1) Who is Flagl? How does Donohue meet Flagl? How do these two men begin a working relationship? Why does Flagl become so important to Mark?

Part 2) With who else does Mark build relationships throughout the course of his life? How do each of these individuals influence him as a driver, an engineer, and as a person?

Part 3) With whom do you have a good relationship? How did this relationship develop? How does this relationship influence your daily life? How different would your life be without this person in it?

Essay Topic 3

Roger Penske is Mark's funder and organizer.

Part 1) Describe their relationship. How does it begin? How does it affect both their careers in racing?

Part 2) How does this relationship change over time? Why? In the end, is this a good partnership? Why or why not?

Part 3) How important are funders and organizers today in sports and other forms of entertainment? How does this importance affect the relationship between the funder and the one he or she funds, as well as the form of entertainment?

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