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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 tall was Enquist?
(a) 6 ft. 3 in.
(b) 6 ft. 6 in.
(c) 6 ft. 1 in.
(d) 6 ft. 7 in.

2. When did Cunningham and Biglow have a major confrontation?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1983.

3. How many oarsmen were invited to the team rowing camp?
(a) 20.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

4. Which country had the best quad in the world?
(a) Sweden.
(b) West Germany.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) Finland.

5. Whose flagpole did Lewis want to desecrate?
(a) West German.
(b) East German.
(c) Yugoslav.
(d) Finland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lewis drive during the time that he and Enquist were practicing the double in 1983?

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

3. What was Bouscaren going to buy so he could work out on the water daily?

4. Where was Gary Reid from?

5. With whom had Wood raced in a fast double and taken second at Henley in 1977?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was selecting boats more difficult for an Olympic team than for a college one?

2. Why didn't Lewis and Enquist room together at the Olympics?

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

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

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

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

7. Why was Biglow glad that he chose Dartmouth Medical School?

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

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

10. Why was Biglow's rowing proving to be a mystery to him and his coaches?

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