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

2. How much did Wood and his teammates once spend apiece to stay in a room at the Princeton Motor Lodge?
(a) $15.00.
(b) $7.50.
(c) $5.00.
(d) $10.00.

3. How long had Harry Parker been Wood's coach on and off?
(a) Some 20 years.
(b) Some 7 years.
(c) Some 12 years.
(d) Some 14 years.

4. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?
(a) New Haven, Connecticut.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Hartford, Connecticut.

5. When Donald Beer won an Olympic gold medal, what rowing event did he compete in?
(a) A Yale double.
(b) A Yale eight.
(c) Single sculler.
(d) A Yale four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Harry Parker's greatest role model?

2. How much time might Wood race in a year?

3. How old was Biglow when he first rowed in a single scull?

4. Who did the U.S. hockey team beat in the 1980 winter Olympics?

5. Where was Dan Goldberg from?

(see the answer key)

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