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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?
(a) The Olympics.
(b) The money.
(c) The competition.
(d) The prestige.

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

3. How many hours did Wood practice?
(a) As many as 500 hours.
(b) As many as 475 hours.
(c) About 700 hours.
(d) About 300 hours.

4. Who was President the year that the U.S. boycotted the summer Olympic games?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

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

6. As the 1984 Olympics approached, how long had it been since the United States had had a serious chance to win an Olympic medal?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 40 years.

7. How much higher was Biglow's erg score than his teammates' scores?
(a) 5 percent.
(b) 7 percent.
(c) 12 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

8. What was the name of the day school that Biglow attended?
(a) Dayton.
(b) Lakeside.
(c) Riverside.
(d) Brighton.

9. Where did Wood transfer to after working in Hartford?
(a) New Haven.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Providence.
(d) Boston.

10. How long would each oarsman row when on the ergometer?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 12 minutes.

11. How old was the person that Biglow visited after the finals?
(a) 52.
(b) 94.
(c) 56.
(d) 27.

12. In what magazine did Lewis read an article about Wood?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Time.
(c) Sports Illustrated.
(d) Ultrasport.

13. When had Christopher Wood been the captain of the Olympic rowing team?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1976.

14. In the late 1870s, how much money might a top sculler make per year in purses?
(a) $7,500.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $18,000.

15. What had the American scullers won for the past three years, before the 1984 Olympic trials?
(a) Third place.
(b) First place.
(c) Second place.
(d) Fourth place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bouscaren go to medical school?

2. By which decade was the marriage between sports and television virtually complete?

3. How much did Wood pay for a brand-new scull in the spring before the Olympic trials?

4. How much did Wood and his teammates once spend apiece to stay in a room at the Princeton Motor Lodge?

5. What year did the U.S. boycott the summer Olympic games?

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