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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 did Lewis's cousin Mitch usually wear?

2. When Lewis and Enquist were paired for the double at the team camp, what had the men finished?

3. When did Karl Adam, coach of the Ratzeburg oarsmen, become an influential figure in America?

4. How many seconds did Biglow cut off Mills with a closing drive?

5. What did Lewis nickname Altekruse's and Bouscaren's boat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Lewis decide about his and Enquist's chances at the Olympics after viewing videotapes of Lucerne and last year's world championships?

6. Why was Enquist upset with Lewis after they won the challenge boat at Princeton?

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

8. Why was Marine boot camp a revelation to Frank Cunningham?

9. Why did Parker and Altekruse argue on the day of the Princeton trials?

10. Why was it so difficult for Wood that he was chosen to be a spare by the Olympic rowing committee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reasons why Wood and Biglow both wanted to be the single sculler in the Olympic games.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why the Americans boycotted the 1980 summer Olympics and how the rowers reacted to this boycott. Wood was quoted as saying that he had to force himself to keep rowing. Discuss why and how Wood would force himself to continue rowing.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why the Soviets and East Germans pulled out of the 1984 Olympics and how that affected rowing for the Americans.

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