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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. At the Olympics, whose shoes did Lewis want to fill?
(a) The West Germans.
(b) The Yugoslavs.
(c) The East Germans.
(d) The Canadians.

2. Where did Biglow go after the finals?
(a) New York.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Massachusetts.

3. How long would each oarsman row when on the ergometer?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 12 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

4. What did Biglow call his rowing coach at Yale?
(a) Mister Coach.
(b) Tony.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Mister Tony.

5. How much did Biglow weigh?
(a) 190 pounds.
(b) 175 pounds.
(c) 200 pounds.
(d) 185 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had the American scullers won for the past three years, before the 1984 Olympic trials?

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

3. When did the Biglows move West?

4. How wide was a rowing scull?

5. When had Christopher Wood been a spare on an Olympic team, before 1984?

(see the answer key)

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