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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which branch of the service did Harry Parker serve in?
(a) Navy.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Marines.
(d) Army.

3. At what mark did Lewis surge ahead of Bouscaren in the finals?
(a) 1500 meter mark.
(b) 1000 meter mark.
(c) 1200 meter mark.
(d) 500 meter mark.

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

5. How much older was Wood than most of his competitors?
(a) 7 to 8 years.
(b) 1 to 2 years.
(c) 5 to 6 years.
(d) 3 to 4 years.

6. How much money was brought into town when the Olympic trials were held in Chapter 1?
(a) $5 million.
(b) $6 million.
(c) $7 million.
(d) $10 million.

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

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

9. How tall was Pertti Karppinen?
(a) 6 ft. 4 in.
(b) 6 ft. 7 in.
(c) 6 ft. 5 in.
(d) 6 ft. 6 in.

10. Who was Harry Parker's greatest role model?
(a) Peter Preston.
(b) Andrew Brignon.
(c) Charles Watson.
(d) Joe Burk.

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

12. How tall was Biglow?
(a) 6 ft. 3 inches.
(b) 6 ft. 4 inches.
(c) 6 ft. 1 inch.
(d) 5 ft. 11 inches.

13. What was the new name for the publication "The Oarsman"?
(a) Rowing in the United States.
(b) Rowing USA.
(c) United States Rowing.
(d) America Rows.

14. What year did the U.S. boycott the summer Olympic games?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1976.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What branch of service was Bouscaren's father in during World War II?

3. What were Anthony Bouscaren's religious beliefs?

4. What did Carl Lewis collect?

5. How much did Biglow weigh?

(see the answer keys)

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