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

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

3. Who were two well-known teammates that Wood had crewed with in college?
(a) Bucklin and Carpenter.
(b) Shealy and Cashin.
(c) Phillips and Minner.
(d) Ryan and Belinn.

4. Where was Dan Goldberg from?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Wisconsin.

5. How old was Biglow when he won a bronze in a world regatta?
(a) 29.
(b) 23.
(c) 25.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which cities were the most serious rowing cities in America?

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

3. How tall was Pertti Karppinen?

4. How much did Biglow weigh?

5. How many more miles did Lewis row after reading an article about Wood in a magazine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Lewis support himself?

6. Why was it difficult to televise rowing?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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