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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 much money was donated to dam a stream to make the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) $125,000.
(b) $225,000.
(c) $150,000.
(d) $175,000.

2. How many hours did Wood practice?
(a) About 300 hours.
(b) As many as 475 hours.
(c) About 700 hours.
(d) As many as 500 hours.

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

4. How much did Wood and his teammates once spend apiece to stay in a room at the Princeton Motor Lodge?
(a) $5.00.
(b) $15.00.
(c) $7.50.
(d) $10.00.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what magazine did Lewis read an article about Wood?

2. How much money could Lewis make in three or four months framing houses?

3. When had Christopher Wood been a spare on an Olympic team, before 1984?

4. Who donated the money for the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?

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

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 Biglow's grandmother want him to row in the Olympic trials?

3. How did Lewis support himself?

4. Why did a photo of John Biglow published in the "Yale Daily News" make Steve Kiesling a little uneasy?

5. Why did Biglow decide to attend Yale?

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

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

10. Describe Pertti Karppinen.

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