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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name did Harry Parker use once when he anonymously entered the Head of the Charles regatta?
(a) R. Van Winkle.
(b) C. Dickens.
(c) T. Lazarus.
(d) L. Tolstoy.

2. How much did Wood and Altekruse spend when they drove from Cambridge to the 1984 Olympic game trials?
(a) $100.
(b) $200.
(c) $250.
(d) $150.

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

4. How old was Christopher Wood during the time of the 1984 Olympic game trials?
(a) 31.
(b) 24.
(c) 23.
(d) 27.

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

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

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

8. Who donated the money for the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) John D. Rockefeller.
(b) J.P. Morgan.
(c) W.K .Kellogg.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

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

10. How tall was Lewis?
(a) 6 ft. 3 in.
(b) 6 ft. 1 in.
(c) 6 ft. 4 in.
(d) 5 ft. 11 in.

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

12. How old was Bouscaren's mother when she died?
(a) 46.
(b) 39.
(c) 51.
(d) 54.

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

14. Where was Dan Goldberg from?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Iowa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Donald Beer won an Olympic gold medal, what rowing event did he compete in?

2. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?

3. How long would each oarsman row when on the ergometer?

4. When did Woodrow Wilson approach a philanthropist and ask for a donation for the Princeton law school?

5. How much would Wood have allowed Biglow to pay to rent the new scull that he bought?

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