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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conversations with Cancer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the World Championships, Lance's mother sits and watches:
(a) For seven hours in the rain.
(b) Her portable TV.
(c) For two days in the hot sun.
(d) For the last fifteen minutes.

2. Lance Armstrong is perhaps best known for his victories at the:
(a) World Cup.
(b) Tour de France.
(c) Winter Olympics.
(d) IFMAR World Championship.

3. What are the chances that Lance will survive his cancer?
(a) Extremely low.
(b) Very high.
(c) It is practically assured.
(d) Fifty-fifty.

4. At one point, Lance is a member of two different racing teams. One is the U.S. National Team under the leadership of:
(a) Chris Kristofferson.
(b) James Hoyt.
(c) Chris Carmichael.
(d) James Anderson.

5. In addition to covering Lance's journey through cancer, this book documents the obstacles he overcame to:
(a) Pay his mounting debt.
(b) Become a champion golfer.
(c) Win the Tour de France.
(d) Locate his birth mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Lance have with his mother?

2. What about his cancer "makes it personal?"

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

4. Who offers to contact Lance's mom and tell her about his cancer when he cannot do it himself?

5. Why are doctors moving so swiftly with Lance's surgery and chemotherapy?

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