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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did most young men compete in rowing?

2. How much did a scull weigh?

3. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?

4. What did it cost Lewis to attend the Princeton weekend?

5. When did the Biglows move West?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Wood like at prep school and at Harvard?

2. Why did a sculler have to find motivation within himself?

3. What were some things that inspired Wood to continue rowing?

4. Why did Biglow decide to attend Yale?

5. Why didn't Biglow's grandmother want him to row in the Olympic trials?

6. Why didn't Bouscaren play tennis at Yale?

7. What adjustments did Altekruse have to make when he went from being an oarsman to a sculler?

8. What was an economic reason why Christopher Wood chose to travel with Charley Altekruse?

9. Why had Lewis's home life not been an easy one?

10. Why did Mitch accompany Lewis to Princeton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Because of the competitive nature of rowing, there were many conflicts between rowers. Discuss events that caused conflict in the book, whether the conflict was resolved, and how the conflict affected various individuals.

Essay Topic 2

Lewis created his own training devices and used some inventive methods to improve his rowing. Discuss why he created his own training devices and what some of these inventive methods and creative training devices were that he used to improve his rowing.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why the Americans boycotted the 1980 summer Olympics and how the rowers reacted to this boycott. Wood was quoted as saying that he had to force himself to keep rowing. Discuss why and how Wood would force himself to continue rowing.

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