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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what magazine did Lewis read an article about Wood?
(a) Ultrasport.
(b) Time.
(c) Sports Illustrated.
(d) Newsweek.

2. Who were two well-known teammates that Wood had crewed with in college?
(a) Bucklin and Carpenter.
(b) Ryan and Belinn.
(c) Shealy and Cashin.
(d) Phillips and Minner.

3. What did Carl Lewis collect?
(a) Coins.
(b) Antiques and crystal.
(c) Antique automobiles.
(d) Stamps.

4. How old was Biglow when he won a bronze in a world regatta?
(a) 25.
(b) 27.
(c) 23.
(d) 29.

5. When did Woodrow Wilson approach a philanthropist and ask for a donation for the Princeton law school?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1903.

6. On the Monday after the finals, which country pulled out of the 1984 Olympics?
(a) Lithuania.
(b) Soviet Union.
(c) West Germany.
(d) Latvia.

7. At what mark did Lewis surge ahead of Bouscaren in the finals?
(a) 1200 meter mark.
(b) 1000 meter mark.
(c) 500 meter mark.
(d) 1500 meter mark.

8. Before the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that a bronze had been won by an American in the single sculls?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1956.

9. How much did Wood and Altekruse spend when they drove from Cambridge to the 1984 Olympic game trials?
(a) $100.
(b) $150.
(c) $250.
(d) $200.

10. Who did Biglow go to visit after the finals?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) Grandmother Biglow.
(d) His father.

11. How many liters of oxygen could a world-class rower take in per minute?
(a) 4 liters.
(b) 5 liters.
(c) 6 liters.
(d) 3 liters.

12. What was the name of the day school that Biglow attended?
(a) Lakeside.
(b) Riverside.
(c) Brighton.
(d) Dayton.

13. How long did most young men compete in rowing?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 6 years.

14. When had Christopher Wood been a spare on an Olympic team, before 1984?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1976.

15. Who did the U.S. hockey team beat in the 1980 winter Olympics?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job had Wood had in Hartford?

2. How much money was brought into town when the Olympic trials were held in Chapter 1?

3. Which cities were the most serious rowing cities in America?

4. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?

5. How much did Wood pay for a brand-new scull in the spring before the Olympic trials?

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