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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of a business did Wood work for after leaving Hartford?
(a) Consulting firm.
(b) Engineering firm.
(c) Brokerage firm.
(d) Insurance company.

2. Where was Brad Lewis from?
(a) Texas.
(b) Arizona.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) California.

3. How old was Christopher Wood during the time of the 1984 Olympic game trials?
(a) 31.
(b) 23.
(c) 24.
(d) 27.

4. Who was the favorite to win the right to represent the United States in the single sculls for the 1984 Olympic games?
(a) Christopher Wood.
(b) John Biglow.
(c) Charley Altekruse.
(d) Joe Bouscaren.

5. Who was President the year that the U.S. boycotted the summer Olympic games?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Lewis pay Mitch to accompany him to Princeton?

4. When had Christopher Wood been a spare on an Olympic team, before 1984?

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

(see the answer key)

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