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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 & 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time might Wood race in a year?
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) 130 minutes.
(c) 220 minutes.
(d) 75 minutes.

2. When had Christopher Wood been a spare on an Olympic team, before 1984?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1980.

3. By the time of the trials for the 1984 Olympics, how long had it been since Wood graduated from college?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

4. When Shealy was on the Harvard crew, by how many lengths did Harvard beat the University of Washington?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. How many liters of oxygen could a world-class rower take in per minute?
(a) 6 liters.
(b) 3 liters.
(c) 4 liters.
(d) 5 liters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the day school that Biglow attended?

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

3. What college did Biglow and Bouscaren row for?

4. How much money was brought into town when the Olympic trials were held in Chapter 1?

5. How old was Bouscaren's mother when she died?

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