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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did most young men compete in rowing?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

2. What sport did Bouscaren try when he first came to Yale?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Football.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Tennis.

3. When had Christopher Wood been a spare on an Olympic team, before 1984?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1976.

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

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

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

7. How long had Harry Parker been Wood's coach on and off?
(a) Some 7 years.
(b) Some 14 years.
(c) Some 12 years.
(d) Some 20 years.

8. Who was the Harvard sweep oarsman who had a tough time dealing with the mental adjustment to sculling?
(a) Joe Bouscaren.
(b) Brad Lewis.
(c) Charley Altekruse.
(d) John Biglow.

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

10. How wide was a rowing scull?
(a) 15 inches.
(b) 17 inches.
(c) 19 inches.
(d) 12 inches.

11. When a race was over and Wood had rowed at his peak, how long would it take his body to physically replenish?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 6 days.

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

13. Who was the favorite to win the right to represent the United States in the single sculls for the 1984 Olympic games?
(a) Charley Altekruse.
(b) John Biglow.
(c) Joe Bouscaren.
(d) Christopher Wood.

14. What did Carl Lewis collect?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Coins.
(c) Antiques and crystal.
(d) Antique automobiles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were two well-known teammates that Wood had crewed with in college?

2. How tall was Biglow?

3. Who was Harry Parker's greatest role model?

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

5. When did Bouscaren graduate from Yale?

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