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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time might Wood race in a year?
(a) 75 minutes.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 220 minutes.
(d) 130 minutes.

2. When Donald Beer won an Olympic gold medal, what rowing event did he compete in?
(a) A Yale four.
(b) A Yale eight.
(c) Single sculler.
(d) A Yale double.

3. What did Lewis pay Mitch to accompany him to Princeton?
(a) $400.
(b) $500.
(c) $300.
(d) $600.

4. What college did Biglow and Bouscaren row for?
(a) Yale.
(b) Boston University.
(c) Rutgers.
(d) Harvard.

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

6. How old was Biglow when he first rowed in a single scull?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 17.

7. Where was Brad Lewis from?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) New Mexico.

8. 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.

9. What branch of service was Bouscaren's father in during World War II?
(a) Army.
(b) Marines.
(c) Navy.
(d) Air Force.

10. How long was the annual rowing race between Yale and Harvard?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 4 miles.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 7 miles.

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

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

13. Where was Biglow from?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

14. Where was the most revealing image that Steve Kiesling ever saw published of John Biglow?
(a) Yale Daily News.
(b) The Harvard Crimson.
(c) The Daily Princetonian.
(d) The Daily Free Press.

15. When did Woodrow Wilson approach a philanthropist and ask for a donation for the Princeton law school?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1917.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?

2. By the time of the trials for the 1984 Olympics, how long had it been since Wood graduated from college?

3. In the fall of 1983, what sign did Lewis see that indicated to him that he had reached world-class status?

4. Where did Lewis work out when he was rowing?

5. How much money was donated to dam a stream to make the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?

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