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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. Who did the U.S. hockey team beat in the 1980 winter Olympics?
(a) Russia.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

2. What year did Biglow graduate from college?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1980.

3. How tall was Biglow?
(a) 5 ft. 11 inches.
(b) 6 ft. 4 inches.
(c) 6 ft. 3 inches.
(d) 6 ft. 1 inch.

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

5. By the time of the trials for the 1984 Olympics, how long had it been since Wood graduated from college?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Anthony Bouscaren's religious beliefs?

2. How long would each oarsman row when on the ergometer?

3. When did the Biglows move West?

4. Where was Dan Goldberg from?

5. What did it cost Lewis to attend the Princeton weekend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were some of the jobs that Wood had held since he graduated from college?

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

5. Why was Christopher Wood known for being particularly experienced in scrounging lodging and food?

6. Why had Lewis's home life not been an easy one?

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

8. Describe Pertti Karppinen.

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

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

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