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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. How is the US Postal Team regarded when the Tour de France begins?
(a) People don't expect them to finish the race.
(b) Nobody's heard of them.
(c) It's not one of the favorites.
(d) It's laughed at.

2. Lance goes from being the racer nobody wants on their team to the:
(a) Son everyone wants to have.
(b) Most popular person in the universe.
(c) Winner everyone wants to see.
(d) Richest man in the world.

3. When Lance devotes himself to the foundation, people ask him about cycling. What does he say?
(a) He has more important matters to focus on.
(b) He's switched careers.
(c) He'll cycle after his strength returns.
(d) He's retired.

4. Why does Lance call Kristin Richard "Kik?"
(a) He doesn't like the name Kristin.
(b) Because of her "kick'in" cowboy boots.
(c) It's easier to remember.
(d) It's her nickname.

5. Even though Lance is busy with his foundation and cancer appears to be behind him, what is he afraid of?
(a) His foundation failing.
(b) Getting too close to Kik.
(c) His father coming back to his life.
(d) The cancer returning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lance react when he learns that his lead at the Tour de France is causing a frenzy back in the United States?

2. In the "Kik" chapter, what does Lance pour his time and energy into?

3. When does Lance's former mentor, Jim Hoyt, return to his life?

4. In the midst of celebrating Lance's Tour de France victory, what do Kik and Lance focus on?

5. When Lance finally asks one of his doctors how bad his odds had been with cancer, he learns that doctors had given him what survival chance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Lance Armstrong and his mentor, Jim Hoyt, reconcile.

2. Who is Miguel Indurain, and what does he say about Lance Armstrong?

3. When Lance trains in Boone, North Carolina, what change in attitude does he develop?

4. How do Lance's friends and manager react when he wants to quit racing completely and make an official announcement?

5. After Lance and Kik marry, where does Lance finally make his official racing return?

6. What is the Ride for the Roses?

7. While Lance focuses on getting into shape and training for the Tour de France, what does Kik focus on?

8. When Lance wins his first Tour de France, what does he see as he crosses the finish line?

9. Who is Kik, and how does Lance meet her?

10. How is Lance received in the United States after winning his first Tour de France?

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