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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. Which cities were the most serious rowing cities in America?
(a) New York and Washington, D.C.
(b) Boston and Philadelphia.
(c) Hartford and New Haven.
(d) Seattle and Portland.

2. Before the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that a bronze had been won by an American in the single sculls?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1964.

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

4. In what magazine did Lewis read an article about Wood?
(a) Time.
(b) Ultrasport.
(c) Sports Illustrated.
(d) Newsweek.

5. What had the American scullers won for the past three years, before the 1984 Olympic trials?
(a) First place.
(b) Second place.
(c) Third place.
(d) Fourth place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Biglow's first choice for college?

2. What did Carl Lewis collect?

3. What did Lewis pay Mitch to accompany him to Princeton?

4. What name did Harry Parker use once when he anonymously entered the Head of the Charles regatta?

5. How old was Biglow when he won a bronze in a world regatta?

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. What was Jim Dietz's history rowing competitively?

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

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

5. Why did Biglow decide to attend Yale?

6. What caused Madison Avenue to become more interested in the Olympics?

7. Why, when Wood was in his mid-twenties, would he ritually get ready to quit rowing and then stay on?

8. What questions did Biglow ask Parker when he called him before he returned to Cambridge?

9. What was Biglow's father's idea of success?

10. Describe Pertti Karppinen.

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