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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. What sport did Harry Parker encourage rowers to take up because it built up athletic endurance?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Cross-country skiing.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Sprints.

2. How much older was Wood than most of his competitors?
(a) 3 to 4 years.
(b) 1 to 2 years.
(c) 7 to 8 years.
(d) 5 to 6 years.

3. What did it cost Lewis to attend the Princeton weekend?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $2,000.

4. How old was Bouscaren's mother when she died?
(a) 51.
(b) 39.
(c) 54.
(d) 46.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Biglow go to visit after the finals?

3. When did the Biglows move West?

4. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?

5. When did Biglow begin stroking the Yale boat?

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