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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. At what mark did Lewis surge ahead of Bouscaren in the finals?
(a) 1500 meter mark.
(b) 1200 meter mark.
(c) 500 meter mark.
(d) 1000 meter mark.

2. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?
(a) The money.
(b) The competition.
(c) The Olympics.
(d) The prestige.

3. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1949.

4. Who was the Harvard sweep oarsman who had a tough time dealing with the mental adjustment to sculling?
(a) John Biglow.
(b) Charley Altekruse.
(c) Joe Bouscaren.
(d) Brad Lewis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical problems had bothered Biglow that interfered with his rowing?

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

3. Who was Harry Parker's greatest role model?

4. What had the American scullers won for the past three years, before the 1984 Olympic trials?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did a sculler have to find motivation within himself?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why were the American teams at a disadvantage competing against the Europeans in the Olympic games?

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