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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. What sport did Carl Lewis participate in that reportedly allowed him to earn $1 million a year in appearance fees and endorsements?

2. By which decade was the marriage between sports and television virtually complete?

3. What college did Wood oar for?

4. In what magazine did Lewis read an article about Wood?

5. Which branch of the service did Harry Parker serve in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Pertti Karppinen.

5. What adjustments did Altekruse have to make when he went from being an oarsman to a sculler?

6. Why did a photo of John Biglow published in the "Yale Daily News" make Steve Kiesling a little uneasy?

7. Why, when Wood was in his mid-twenties, would he ritually get ready to quit rowing and then stay on?

8. Why had Lewis's home life not been an easy one?

9. Why wasn't Brad Lewis taken seriously as a rower?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the notoriety and funding that most Olympic hopefuls received compared to what Olympic rowers received and why these disparities existed.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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