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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much would Wood have allowed Biglow to pay to rent the new scull that he bought?
(a) $15 a week.
(b) $50 a week.
(c) $25 a week.
(d) $75 a week.

2. How much did a scull weigh?
(a) Just under 50 pounds.
(b) Just under 30 pounds.
(c) Just under 20 pounds.
(d) Just under 40 pounds.

3. How old was Biglow when he first rowed in a single scull?
(a) 17.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

4. Where was Dan Goldberg from?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Connecticut.

5. Who donated the money for the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) John D. Rockefeller.
(b) J.P. Morgan.
(c) W.K .Kellogg.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?

2. How much money was donated to dam a stream to make the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?

3. Who was the favorite to win the right to represent the United States in the single sculls for the 1984 Olympic games?

4. What was Biglow's grade point average when he graduated from Yale?

5. When Donald Beer won an Olympic gold medal, what rowing event did he compete in?

(see the answer key)

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