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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This chapter is dated ____________.
(a) 1972-1973.
(b) 1976-1977.
(c) 1974-1975.
(d) 1973-1974.

2. The driver will normally have changes made to the race car. Why?
(a) So the organizer is happy.
(b) So the parts are made by those companies that sponsor the car.
(c) So that he can drive it best.
(d) So that the car is at its best.

3. This time, in the _______________, they find a way to make it so that they almost break one of the rules but somehow manage to make a wing-like adjustment to the car that will not actually break the rules.
(a) M16 McLaren.
(b) M16 Mercedes.
(c) D16 Deimler.
(d) B16 BMW.

4. Mark requests a car to be built a certain way. Then he road tests it at the track for how many days?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. Mark comes out of retirement to drive in a race. What happens?
(a) He decides to continue his professional racing career.
(b) He wins the race.
(c) He is killed in a car crash during a practice for the race.
(d) He is disqualified from the race.

6. This chapter is dated __________.
(a) 1973.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1970.

7. It is normal for race cars to require what?
(a) Several organizers.
(b) Very few new parts.
(c) Further development.
(d) Several drivers.

8. The Penske team presently has ___________ different cars running in NASCAR, Can-Am and USAC style races for the season.
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

9. Mark manages to place at the finish in some cases, by doing what?
(a) Driving to the very best of his ability.
(b) Driving good cars.
(c) Tricking other drivers.
(d) Running others off the track.

10. They discuss what to do in the event that they cannot find what?
(a) A good enough car to win the Can-Am races.
(b) A good enough crew chief to win the Can-Am races.
(c) A good enough driver to win the Can-Am races.
(d) A good enough pit crew to win the Can-Am races.

11. Roger Penske has had ________________ races in the back of his mind.
(a) Dirt track.
(b) IRL.
(c) Formula One.
(d) NASCAR.

12. How does Mark feel about his last year as a race car driver?
(a) Excited.
(b) Very hesitant.
(c) Sad.
(d) Somewhat hesitant.

13. Right after a victory, the Porsche people offer the Penske people the opportunity to run a brand new type of Porsche ______ designed for racing conditions.
(a) 733.
(b) 822.
(c) 911.
(d) 644.

14. There is an incredible ___________ system created and implemented by this team.
(a) Anti-roll.
(b) Anti-skid.
(c) Anti-lock.
(d) Anti-stop.

15. What is one reason why the other drivers respond the way they do in number 139?
(a) They do not like Mark.
(b) They do not hear Mark.
(c) They do not know how to deal with these troubles either.
(d) They do not like to help each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. In _________ at Indianapolis, Mark Donohue is fed up with these problems, even though during much of his career this is just the sort of thing he has enjoyed doing.

2. Will these changes automatically help other drivers?

3. Does Mark feel that any of the fans have even the vaguest idea of what it is he is actually doing?

4. Mark is able to go ______________ at Indianapolis, and when he tells another driver this fact, the other man is shocked and walks off, literally reeling from the blow.

5. This chapter is dated ________________.

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