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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 long had Harry Parker been Wood's coach on and off?
(a) Some 12 years.
(b) Some 14 years.
(c) Some 20 years.
(d) Some 7 years.

2. Where was Brad Lewis from?
(a) Arizona.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Texas.

3. Where was Biglow from?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

4. How much did a scull weigh?
(a) Just under 30 pounds.
(b) Just under 40 pounds.
(c) Just under 50 pounds.
(d) Just under 20 pounds.

5. Near what town would Biglow be rowing in the Olympics?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Modesto.
(c) Santa Barbara.
(d) Monterrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast could a scull move per hour?

2. How much money was brought into town when the Olympic trials were held in Chapter 1?

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

4. How much did Biglow weigh?

5. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?

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. Describe Pertti Karppinen.

3. Why was it difficult to televise rowing?

4. What disability did teachers discover that Biglow had when he was in the seventh grade?

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

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

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

8. Why did Mitch accompany Lewis to Princeton?

9. What was an economic reason why Christopher Wood chose to travel with Charley Altekruse?

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

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