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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25, 26 & 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hours did Wood practice?
(a) About 700 hours.
(b) As many as 500 hours.
(c) About 300 hours.
(d) As many as 475 hours.

2. After college, where did Enquist work for a few months?
(a) For a law firm.
(b) At a consulting firm.
(c) On a salmon boat.
(d) At a bank.

3. How many more miles did Lewis row after reading an article about Wood in a magazine?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

4. Near what town would Biglow be rowing in the Olympics?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Monterrey.
(c) Santa Barbara.
(d) Modesto.

5. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Wood do after losing the final?

3. Who was the person that Lewis worked with most of the time when he was rowing?

4. When did Karppinen first win an Olympic gold medal?

5. Where was Biglow from?

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