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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 Biglow when he won a bronze in a world regatta?
(a) 23.
(b) 29.
(c) 25.
(d) 27.

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

3. Where did Biglow go after the finals?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Biglow graduate from college?

2. Who was Harry Parker's greatest role model?

3. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?

4. What type of a business did Wood work for after leaving Hartford?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why didn't Wood and the other rowers row a stroke in the 1980 summer Olympics?

3. Why did Biglow decide to attend Yale?

4. How did Lewis support himself?

5. Why were the American teams at a disadvantage competing against the Europeans in the Olympic games?

6. Why was it difficult to televise rowing?

7. Why didn't Bouscaren play tennis at Yale?

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

9. What adjustments did Altekruse have to make when he went from being an oarsman to a sculler?

10. Why did Mitch accompany Lewis to Princeton?

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