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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college did Biglow and Bouscaren row for?
(a) Rutgers.
(b) Boston University.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

2. What branch of service was Bouscaren's father in during World War II?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Army.
(c) Marines.
(d) Navy.

3. What physical problems had bothered Biglow that interfered with his rowing?
(a) Bad back.
(b) Torn rotator cuff.
(c) Bad knees.
(d) Cracked rib.

4. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) New Haven, Connecticut.

5. What year did Biglow graduate from college?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall was Biglow?

2. Who was President the year that the U.S. boycotted the summer Olympic games?

3. In the late 1870s, how much money might a top sculler make per year in purses?

4. When did the Biglows move West?

5. Where was Dan Goldberg from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Biglow decide to attend Yale?

4. Describe Pertti Karppinen.

5. Why didn't Bouscaren play tennis at Yale?

6. Why were the American teams at a disadvantage competing against the Europeans in the Olympic games?

7. What did Fritz Hagerman, an Ohio University professor who specialized in testing athletes, believe was a reason why those who dominated in sculling were physiological freaks?

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

9. Why was it difficult to televise rowing?

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

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