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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19, 20 & 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Karppinen first win an Olympic gold medal?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1976.

3. Who was the person that Lewis worked with most of the time when he was rowing?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His coach.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

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

5. What did Wood do after losing the final?
(a) Went for a long walk with his fiancee.
(b) Went off by himself.
(c) Had a tailgate picnic with his family.
(d) Took his fiancee to dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. By which decade was the marriage between sports and television virtually complete?

2. How many weeks did Parker have to pick both the double and the quad?

3. How much money was donated to dam a stream to make the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?

4. How fast could a scull move per hour?

5. What did Lewis drive during the time that he and Enquist were practicing the double in 1983?

(see the answer key)

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