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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the favorite to win the right to represent the United States in the single sculls for the 1984 Olympic games?
(a) Joe Bouscaren.
(b) Christopher Wood.
(c) John Biglow.
(d) Charley Altekruse.

2. What was the name of the day school that Biglow attended?
(a) Riverside.
(b) Lakeside.
(c) Brighton.
(d) Dayton.

3. In the late 1870s, how much money might a top sculler make per year in purses?
(a) $18,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $12,000.

4. How long did most young men compete in rowing?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 6 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?

2. How tall was Biglow?

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

4. How much did Wood pay for a brand-new scull in the spring before the Olympic trials?

5. Who was President the year that the U.S. boycotted the summer Olympic games?

(see the answer key)

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