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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. How much older was Wood than most of his competitors?
(a) 7 to 8 years.
(b) 5 to 6 years.
(c) 1 to 2 years.
(d) 3 to 4 years.

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

3. How tall was Lewis?
(a) 6 ft. 1 in.
(b) 5 ft. 11 in.
(c) 6 ft. 3 in.
(d) 6 ft. 4 in.

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

5. Where was Biglow from?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Boston.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Woodrow Wilson approach a philanthropist and ask for a donation for the Princeton law school?

2. Where was Brad Lewis from?

3. What job had Wood had in Hartford?

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

5. How old was Biglow when he won a bronze in a world regatta?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Bouscaren grow up a single child with a single parent?

3. Why was it difficult to televise rowing?

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

5. What questions did Biglow ask Parker when he called him before he returned to Cambridge?

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

7. Why had Lewis's home life not been an easy one?

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

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

10. How did Wood feel when he was rowing in the final?

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