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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 long did most young men compete in rowing?

2. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?

3. How much would Wood have allowed Biglow to pay to rent the new scull that he bought?

4. Near what town would Biglow be rowing in the Olympics?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why, when Wood was in his mid-twenties, would he ritually get ready to quit rowing and then stay on?

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

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

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

6. What were some things that inspired Wood to continue rowing?

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. Why wasn't Brad Lewis taken seriously as a rower?

9. Why didn't Wood and the other rowers row a stroke in the 1980 summer Olympics?

10. In what way were the rowing athletes treated differently from other Olympic hopefuls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harry Parker offered Lewis a spot as the eighth man in a quad. Using the arguments that Lewis used, argue whether he should or should not have accepted the position.

Essay Topic 2

The eastern and western rowing coaches had different coaching styles. Discuss the coaching styles of the eastern and western coaches, and why Biglow felt caught between the two styles of coaching.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the reasons why Wood and Biglow both wanted to be the single sculler in the Olympic games.

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