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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. Where did Biglow go after the finals?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Connecticut.
2. How much higher was Biglow's erg score than his teammates' scores?
(a) 12 percent.
(b) 5 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 7 percent.
3. How old was Biglow when he won a bronze in a world regatta?
(a) 25.
(b) 27.
(c) 23.
(d) 29.
4. How long was the annual rowing race between Yale and Harvard?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 4 miles.
(c) 7 miles.
(d) 5 miles.
5. How much did Biglow weigh?
(a) 175 pounds.
(b) 200 pounds.
(c) 190 pounds.
(d) 185 pounds.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the day school that Biglow attended?
2. How many more miles did Lewis row after reading an article about Wood in a magazine?
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 did Biglow go to visit after the finals?
5. Before the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that a bronze had been won by an American in the single sculls?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Biglow's father's idea of success?
2. Why did Biglow decide to attend Yale?
3. Why were the American teams at a disadvantage competing against the Europeans in the Olympic games?
4. Why was it difficult to televise rowing?
5. Why did both Biglow and Wood want to be the single sculler in the 1984 Olympic games?
6. Why did Bouscaren grow up a single child with a single parent?
7. Why wasn't Brad Lewis taken seriously as a rower?
8. What adjustments did Altekruse have to make when he went from being an oarsman to a sculler?
9. How would Wood's coach Harry Parker accept it if Wood said that he no longer wanted to be a sculler?
10. Why did a photo of John Biglow published in the "Yale Daily News" make Steve Kiesling a little uneasy?
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