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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 did Lewis and Enquist go to practice after telling Parker they wanted their own double?
(a) Greenwood Lake.
(b) Lake Cayuga.
(c) Bolgoda Lake.
(d) Lake Stevens.

2. Who did Wood think long and hard about inviting to his engagement party?
(a) Harry Parker.
(b) Charley McIntyre.
(c) Frank Cunningham.
(d) Tony Johnson.

3. With whom had Wood raced in a fast double and taken second at Henley in 1977?
(a) Christ Allsopp.
(b) Al Healy.
(c) Greg Stone.
(d) Jack Frackleton.

4. When did Enquist graduate from college?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1978.

5. What elective course did Biglow take at Dartmouth?
(a) A course on global health.
(b) A course on on wilderness medicine.
(c) A course on stress.
(d) A course on sports medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Gary Reid from?

2. Who did Biglow think he might write to find out about a weight-lifting program?

3. Who was stroking the quad at the finals?

4. When did Lewis hope to row at Henley in a single?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tony Johnson help Lewis and Enquist at Ithaca?

2. What advice did Dietz give Wood after rowing together in their first practice in the double?

3. What did Wood do after the Olympics?

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

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

6. Why was Wood's fall from rowing so terrible?

7. Why would the repechage at the Olympics be rowed all-out in a way usually reserved for a final?

8. What did Biglow believe was the greatest thing that Tony Johnson taught his athletes?

9. Why didn't Biglow watch videotapes of the final of the single scull?

10. What personal disappointment was Harry Parker fighting during team camp?

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