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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Bouscaren graduate from Yale?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1979.

2. When Shealy was on the Harvard crew, by how many lengths did Harvard beat the University of Washington?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

5. What were Anthony Bouscaren's religious beliefs?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Catholic.

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

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

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

9. When did Karppinen first win an Olympic gold medal?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1976.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Biglows move West?

2. What physical problems had bothered Biglow that interfered with his rowing?

3. When a race was over and Wood had rowed at his peak, how long would it take his body to physically replenish?

4. Who was the person that Lewis worked with most of the time when he was rowing?

5. How old was Christopher Wood during the time of the 1984 Olympic game trials?

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