View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When had Christopher Wood been the captain of the Olympic rowing team?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1968.

2. When Donald Beer won an Olympic gold medal, what rowing event did he compete in?
(a) A Yale eight.
(b) Single sculler.
(c) A Yale double.
(d) A Yale four.

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

4. What was Biglow's grade point average when he graduated from Yale?
(a) 3.1
(b) 2.7.
(c) 2.9.
(d) 3.3.

5. Where did Bouscaren go to medical school?
(a) Stanford University Medical School.
(b) Dartmouth Medical School.
(c) Harvard Medical School.
(d) Cornell Medical School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical problems had bothered Biglow that interfered with his rowing?

2. Where was Dan Goldberg from?

3. How much money was brought into town when the Olympic trials were held in Chapter 1?

4. By the time of the trials for the 1984 Olympics, how long had it been since Wood graduated from college?

5. What job had Wood had in Hartford?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 171 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample