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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall was Biglow?
(a) 6 ft. 4 inches.
(b) 6 ft. 1 inch.
(c) 5 ft. 11 inches.
(d) 6 ft. 3 inches.

2. How long was the annual rowing race between Yale and Harvard?
(a) 4 miles.
(b) 7 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 2 miles.

3. How wide was a rowing scull?
(a) 15 inches.
(b) 19 inches.
(c) 17 inches.
(d) 12 inches.

4. Prior to the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that an American won gold in rowing?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1952.

5. How fast could a scull move per hour?
(a) 5 to 8 miles.
(b) 20 to 22 miles.
(c) 30 to 35 miles.
(d) 13 to 14 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Biglows move West?

2. How old was Biglow when he won a bronze in a world regatta?

3. Which of Biglow's years in high school did he not row?

4. On the Monday after the finals, which country pulled out of the 1984 Olympics?

5. What sport did Bouscaren try when he first came to Yale?

(see the answer key)

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