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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is success as a driver extremely important to Mark?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Rarely.

2. 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.
(a) 1977.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1975.

3. Does Mark feel that any of the fans have even the vaguest idea of what it is he is actually doing?
(a) Yes, many.
(b) Yes, a few.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, most.

4. 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) B16 BMW.
(b) M16 Mercedes.
(c) D16 Deimler.
(d) M16 McLaren.

5. Mark writes that after ____________ years of losing, they have learned a great deal and Mark hopes to return as a team manager in a way that can make them win.
(a) Many.
(b) A dozen.
(c) One.
(d) A couple.

6. What is a second possible reason for why the drivers respond the way they do in number 139?
(a) Because of the contracts they have signed.
(b) Because of the difficulties in the construction of race cars.
(c) Because of how ignorant they are.
(d) Because of how much the trouble in question depends on what Mark is like.

7. Roger says yes, but only after _________________ of consideration and a modification of the plans of how they will do it.
(a) Years.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Months.
(d) Days.

8. McLaren is not doing very well at the time, and they end up getting Mark to drive one of their cars. Can this happen without taking him away from Roger Penske?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) No.

9. While the engineers are repairing a car, what happens in the garage?
(a) A lighter catches fabric on fire.
(b) A spark catches.
(c) A match is lit.
(d) A cigarette falls on the ground.

10. How is Mark Donohue lucky in this situation?
(a) He is signing autographs, so he is not around when the incident occurs.
(b) He is napping when the incident occurs, so he is not around.
(c) He is out of town, so he is not around when the incident occurs.
(d) He is racing, so he is not around when the incident occurs.

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

12. He tries what the others recommend and he tries other things. Why does he try other things?
(a) To rule out all possibilities.
(b) He likes to be right.
(c) In case they are wrong or being intentionally deceitful.
(d) He is bored.

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

14. Do the race cars arrive already built?
(a) Usually.
(b) Rarely.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

15. Success relies on what?
(a) The car and the driver.
(b) The driver.
(c) Neither the car nor the driver.
(d) The car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mark Donohue has a strong, positive instinctive reaction to a new car that the _______________ people have made to try at Indianapolis, where they are underdogs without much experience.

2. Mark Donohue disappoints everyone because he drives a car for the first time and what happens?

3. The Europeans do not realize that the Americans are used to having who drive the race cars?

4. Months are spent in deliberation about whether or not the Penske team should or would try ___________________.

5. In this chapter, Mark travels to ________________ with Roger Penske.

(see the answer keys)

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