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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 name did everyone know Steve by?
(a) Steve.
(b) The Rube.
(c) Pre.
(d) Steven.

2. In what year did the group challenge the rules of Amateurism?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1981.

3. What was felt after Steve's death?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Unbearableness.

4. Who said "That man has something no runner in my time had"?
(a) Bill Dellinger.
(b) Mike Dellinger.
(c) Ben Dellinger.
(d) John Dellinger.

5. How many meters was Steve's first European race of 1974?
(a) 6000.
(b) 5000.
(c) 3000.
(d) 4000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Steve's college teammates won the Olympic discus gold medal in 1976?

2. Who was Steve's girlfriend in 1975?

3. What was the most important race of Steve's 1974 European tour?

4. What led Steve to have problems with the AAU?

5. Where did Steve go in January, 1975 for a series of physical and psychological tests?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Steve's car accident happen?

2. What point in his life had Steve reached when he began the 1975 track season?

3. Where did Steve live in the months after college was over?

4. Why were the "Stop Pre" shirts created?

5. Why did the AAU have problems with Steve wearing Nike clothes and shoes?

6. What was one of Steve's strongest traits?

7. What happened when Steve participated in the 1975 LA Times Indoor Meet?

8. What was Steve's 1974 Europe tour like?

9. What were the major causes of Steve's disagreements with the AAU?

10. What was Steve's reaction to John Hall's prediction of how he would place in the LA Times Indoor Meet?

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