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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. Where did Biglow and a friend named Paul Most go to enter a regatta one summer?
(a) New Haven.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Princeton.

2. How much money was donated to dam a stream to make the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) $225,000.
(b) $125,000.
(c) $150,000.
(d) $175,000.

3. What year did the U.S. boycott the summer Olympic games?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1972.

4. Which coach did Biglow enjoy talking to at the Olympic camp?
(a) The Canadian coach.
(b) The West German coach.
(c) The Finnish coach.
(d) The Romanian coach.

5. Why did Parker believe that Buscaren was anxious about the double he was rowing with Altekruse?
(a) Because of the Lewis-Enquist double.
(b) Because of the Wood-Biglow double.
(c) Because he and Altekruse couldn't get the stroke together.
(d) Because he was having physical problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ricardo Ibarra from?

2. Where did Enquist go to college?

3. How much older was Wood than most of his competitors?

4. How many liters of oxygen could a world-class rower take in per minute?

5. In what magazine did Lewis read an article about Wood?

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