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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. What physical problems had bothered Biglow that interfered with his rowing?
(a) Torn rotator cuff.
(b) Bad back.
(c) Bad knees.
(d) Cracked rib.

2. How tall was Pertti Karppinen?
(a) 6 ft. 7 in.
(b) 6 ft. 5 in.
(c) 6 ft. 6 in.
(d) 6 ft. 4 in.

3. What college did Wood oar for?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Yale.
(d) Boston University.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the person that Lewis worked with most of the time when he was rowing?

2. How old was Biglow when he first rowed in a single scull?

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

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

5. How long was the annual rowing race between Yale and Harvard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would Wood's coach Harry Parker accept it if Wood said that he no longer wanted to be a sculler?

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

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

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

5. Why did Biglow decide to attend Yale?

6. Describe Pertti Karppinen.

7. 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?

8. Why didn't Biglow's grandmother want him to row in the Olympic trials?

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

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

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