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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Biglow's grade point average when he graduated from Yale?
(a) 2.9.
(b) 3.3.
(c) 3.1
(d) 2.7.

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

4. What college did Wood oar for?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Boston University.
(d) Harvard.

5. How much money was donated to dam a stream to make the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) $225,000.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $125,000.
(d) $175,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college did Biglow and Bouscaren row for?

2. Before the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that a bronze had been won by an American in the single sculls?

3. How fast could a scull move per hour?

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

5. How long would each oarsman row when on the ergometer?

(see the answer key)

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