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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was President the year that the U.S. boycotted the summer Olympic games?

2. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?

3. Where was Dan Goldberg from?

4. Where did Biglow go after the finals?

5. How many hours did Wood practice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What caused Madison Avenue to become more interested in the Olympics?

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

5. Describe Pertti Karppinen.

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

7. Why did Mitch accompany Lewis to Princeton?

8. Why did both Biglow and Wood want to be the single sculler in the 1984 Olympic games?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Parker was troubled by the coaching he had given Lewis. Discuss how Parker coached Lewis and why he was troubled by the coaching he gave Lewis.

Essay Topic 2

The eastern and western rowing coaches had different coaching styles. Discuss the coaching styles of the eastern and western coaches, and why Biglow felt caught between the two styles of coaching.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss why perseverance was necessary to succeed in rowing.

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