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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 & 2 Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1961.

2. Where did Wood transfer to after working in Hartford?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Providence.
(c) New Haven.
(d) Boston.

3. How much did Wood and Altekruse spend when they drove from Cambridge to the 1984 Olympic game trials?
(a) $200.
(b) $250.
(c) $150.
(d) $100.

4. Where was Biglow from?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Boston.
(c) Seattle.
(d) San Francisco.

5. What had the American scullers won for the past three years, before the 1984 Olympic trials?
(a) First place.
(b) Fourth place.
(c) Second place.
(d) Third place.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Wood and his teammates once spend apiece to stay in a room at the Princeton Motor Lodge?

2. How much would Wood have allowed Biglow to pay to rent the new scull that he bought?

3. How long did most young men compete in rowing?

4. How long had Harry Parker been Wood's coach on and off?

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

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