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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 seconds was Biglow behind Mills with five hundred meters to go?

2. What coach made the comment that Biglow was chopping wood when he was rowing?

3. When did Biglow begin stroking the Yale boat?

4. How many weeks did Parker have to pick both the double and the quad?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Biglow like about being in the Olympic camp?

2. Why did Bouscaren consider turning down the offer from New York Hospital?

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

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

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

6. How did Parker sometimes protect certain oarsmen whose skills he was confident of from the savagery of the seat?

7. What did Lewis have Enquist do because Enquist's forearms were weak?

8. Why was the row that Wood and Pat Walter rowed an odd row?

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

10. Why did Enquist tell Lewis not to get arrested and put in jail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the men who were competing to represent America in the single scull at the 1984 Olympics.

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

Using examples from the book, discuss Biglow's desire to achieve and how that affected the way that he lived his life.

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