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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hours did Wood exercise in a year?
(a) About 400.
(b) As many 800.
(c) As many as 600.
(d) Over 700.

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

3. Which cities were the most serious rowing cities in America?
(a) Boston and Philadelphia.
(b) Hartford and New Haven.
(c) New York and Washington, D.C.
(d) Seattle and Portland.

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

5. How fast could a scull move per hour?
(a) 13 to 14 miles.
(b) 20 to 22 miles.
(c) 5 to 8 miles.
(d) 30 to 35 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the most revealing image that Steve Kiesling ever saw published of John Biglow?

2. What sport did Harry Parker encourage rowers to take up because it built up athletic endurance?

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

4. When a race was over and Wood had rowed at his peak, how long would it take his body to physically replenish?

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

(see the answer key)

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