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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. What weather came in while Wood was rowing on the Sunday of the finals?
(a) Fog.
(b) Wind.
(c) Thunderstorm.
(d) Rain.

2. Which of Biglow's years in high school did he not row?
(a) Sophomore.
(b) Junior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Senior.

3. Where did Lewis go immediately after he and Enquist became the American double?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) California.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Washington.

4. Who did Lewis and Enquist compete against in the first Olympic heat?
(a) Australia and Romania.
(b) West Germans and Norwegians.
(c) Belgium and Yugoslavia.
(d) Finland and Canada.

5. Who did Biglow believe were his biggest competition for the bronze medal?
(a) Karppinen and Kolbe.
(b) Ibarra and Mills.
(c) Deloof and Pancic.
(d) Iosub and Clement.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the years before the Olympic trials had Wood spent rowing by himself?

2. Who did Wood row with on the Sunday of the finals?

3. What commercial did ABC air, suspending the scullers in mid-race?

4. Whose flagpole did Lewis want to desecrate?

5. When did Tony Johnson win a silver medal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Parker believe that he should have canceled participation in the Lucerne races?

2. Why did Lewis nickname Altekruse's and Bouscaren's boat?

3. How did Parker sometimes protect certain oarsmen whose skills he was confident of from the savagery of the seat?

4. How did Cunningham's coaching career begin in Seattle?

5. Why didn't Lewis and Enquist room together at the Olympics?

6. What did Wood arrange to liven things up a little and perhaps give him a sense of belonging at the Olympics?

7. What did Lewis have Enquist do because Enquist's forearms were weak?

8. How did Biglow and Most get an opportunity to row in a regatta in the East?

9. What did Wood do after the Olympics?

10. What did Biglow like about being in the Olympic camp?

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