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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) New Haven, Connecticut.

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

3. How many hours did Wood exercise in a year?
(a) Over 700.
(b) About 400.
(c) As many as 600.
(d) As many 800.

4. What did it cost Lewis to attend the Princeton weekend?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $5,000.

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

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

7. How much would Wood have allowed Biglow to pay to rent the new scull that he bought?
(a) $15 a week.
(b) $50 a week.
(c) $75 a week.
(d) $25 a week.

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

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

10. What job had Wood had in Hartford?
(a) Consultant.
(b) Configuration expert.
(c) Actuarial expert.
(d) Broker.

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

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

13. Prior to the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that an American won gold in rowing?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1924.

14. How many strokes did Wood take in the final and realize that he was rowing the wrong race?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

15. How much money could Lewis make in three or four months framing houses?
(a) $6,000 or $7,000.
(b) $3,000 to $4,000.
(c) $8,000 to $9,000.
(d) $5,000 to $6,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How wide was a rowing scull?

2. How many liters of oxygen could a world-class rower take in per minute?

3. How much money was brought into town when the Olympic trials were held in Chapter 1?

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

5. How old was Biglow when he first rowed in a single scull?

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