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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. How many strokes did Wood take in the final and realize that he was rowing the wrong race?

2. What did Lewis pay Mitch to accompany him to Princeton?

3. What did it cost Lewis to attend the Princeton weekend?

4. What job had Wood had in Hartford?

5. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Wood like at prep school and at Harvard?

2. Why did Mitch accompany Lewis to Princeton?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did a sculler have to find motivation within himself?

9. How did Lewis support himself?

10. Why was it difficult to televise rowing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Because of his background, Biglow seemed different from his college classmates. Discuss how Biglow was different from his teammates and classmates.

Essay Topic 2

Biglow had two coaches who were strong influences in his rowing career. Compare the relationship that Biglow had with his coaches: Frank Cunningham and Tony Johnson.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast how Wood and Bouscaren dealt with their disappointment when they did not make the Olympic rowing team.

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