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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Bouscaren's mother when she died?
(a) 54.
(b) 51.
(c) 39.
(d) 46.

2. What sport did Harry Parker encourage rowers to take up because it built up athletic endurance?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Sprints.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Cross-country skiing.

3. How old was Biglow when he won a bronze in a world regatta?
(a) 23.
(b) 27.
(c) 25.
(d) 29.

4. How much weight could Lewis lift in the dead lift?
(a) 405 pounds.
(b) 375 pounds.
(c) 525 pounds.
(d) 135 pounds.

5. How much money could Lewis make in three or four months framing houses?
(a) $6,000 or $7,000.
(b) $8,000 to $9,000.
(c) $3,000 to $4,000.
(d) $5,000 to $6,000.

6. What name did Harry Parker use once when he anonymously entered the Head of the Charles regatta?
(a) T. Lazarus.
(b) R. Van Winkle.
(c) C. Dickens.
(d) L. Tolstoy.

7. What year did the U.S. boycott the summer Olympic games?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1976.

8. How much money was donated to dam a stream to make the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) $150,000.
(b) $225,000.
(c) $125,000.
(d) $175,000.

9. Where did Biglow go after the finals?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New York.
(d) Connecticut.

10. What was Biglow's first choice for college?
(a) Boston University.
(b) Strayer University.
(c) Broward College.
(d) Williams College.

11. What was Biglow's grade point average when he graduated from Yale?
(a) 2.9.
(b) 2.7.
(c) 3.1
(d) 3.3.

12. Who did Biglow go to visit after the finals?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Grandmother Biglow.
(d) His sister.

13. Before the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that a bronze had been won by an American in the single sculls?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1952.

14. Near what town would Biglow be rowing in the Olympics?
(a) Santa Barbara.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Modesto.
(d) Monterrey.

15. Who donated the money for the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) John D. Rockefeller.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) J.P. Morgan.
(d) W.K .Kellogg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Anthony Bouscaren's religious beliefs?

2. Who was the favorite to win the right to represent the United States in the single sculls for the 1984 Olympic games?

3. Prior to the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that an American won gold in rowing?

4. Which cities were the most serious rowing cities in America?

5. When did Bouscaren graduate from Yale?

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