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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much weight could Lewis lift in the dead lift?

2. How fast could a scull move per hour?

3. On the Monday after the finals, which country pulled out of the 1984 Olympics?

4. How many strokes did Wood take in the final and realize that he was rowing the wrong race?

5. Which branch of the service did Harry Parker serve in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Wood like at prep school and at Harvard?

2. What was an economic reason why Christopher Wood chose to travel with Charley Altekruse?

3. What was Jim Dietz's history rowing competitively?

4. Why was it difficult to televise rowing?

5. What were some things that inspired Wood to continue rowing?

6. What disability did teachers discover that Biglow had when he was in the seventh grade?

7. How did Wood feel when he was rowing in the final?

8. Why would it have been difficult for the Dallas Cowboys to draft Carl Lewis as a possible wide receiver?

9. What did Fritz Hagerman, an Ohio University professor who specialized in testing athletes, believe was a reason why those who dominated in sculling were physiological freaks?

10. How did Lewis support himself?

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