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

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

3. How wide was a rowing scull?
(a) 17 inches.
(b) 19 inches.
(c) 12 inches.
(d) 15 inches.

4. How long would each oarsman row when on the ergometer?
(a) 12 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sport did Harry Parker encourage rowers to take up because it built up athletic endurance?

3. As the 1984 Olympics approached, how long had it been since the United States had had a serious chance to win an Olympic medal?

4. How many liters of oxygen could a world-class rower take in per minute?

5. Where was Dan Goldberg from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what way were the rowing athletes treated differently from other Olympic hopefuls?

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

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

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

9. Why didn't Bouscaren play tennis at Yale?

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

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