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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bad to Worse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does an MRI reveal to Lance's doctors?
(a) The absence of cancer.
(b) A heart condition.
(c) Brain tumors.
(d) A lump on his shoulder.

2. Why are doctors moving so swiftly with Lance's surgery and chemotherapy?
(a) To save his life.
(b) They fear getting sued.
(c) To save his career.
(d) So Lance can get back to racing as quickly as possible.

3. How does Lance react when he learns he has cancer?
(a) He calls the doctors liars.
(b) He punches a wall.
(c) He sinks into a deep depression.
(d) He's ready to fight the disease.

4. How does Dr. Steven Wolf encourage Lance?
(a) By asking him for an autograph.
(b) By reminding him that he has many treatment options.
(c) By offering him painkilling herbs.
(d) By assuring him he'll live.

5. What does Lance accomplish at the age of twenty-one at the Tour de France?
(a) Is the youngest racer ever.
(b) Breaks five speed records.
(c) Wins his first stage.
(d) Becomes the first American to enter the race.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lance hold a press conference near the start of his cancer treatments?

2. Why is Lance sent to see a urologist, Dr. Jim Reeves?

3. At the same time that Lance competes internationally with the U.S. National Team, he competes domestically for:

4. How old is Lance when he gets his first bike?

5. In "Before and After," what concern does Lance express regarding his mother?

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