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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many strokes did Wood take in the final and realize that he was rowing the wrong race?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

2. What did Biglow call his rowing coach at Yale?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Tony.
(c) Mister Tony.
(d) Mister Coach.

3. After the war, where was the race that Cunningham stroked that set a record time for a twelve-boat regatta?
(a) Boston.
(b) New Haven.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Seattle.

4. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?
(a) The Olympics.
(b) The competition.
(c) The money.
(d) The prestige.

5. What were Anthony Bouscaren's religious beliefs?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Episcopalian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Harry Parker use once when he anonymously entered the Head of the Charles regatta?

2. What was the name of the day school that Biglow attended?

3. How long had Harry Parker been Wood's coach on and off?

4. Where did Biglow and a friend named Paul Most go to enter a regatta one summer?

5. How old was Biglow when he first rowed in a single scull?

(see the answer key)

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