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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25, 26 & 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Biglow's years in high school did he not row?
(a) Freshman.
(b) Senior.
(c) Junior.
(d) Sophomore.

2. How much higher was Biglow's erg score than his teammates' scores?
(a) 12 percent.
(b) 7 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 5 percent.

3. Where did Lewis go immediately after he and Enquist became the American double?
(a) Washington.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) California.

4. In the late 1870s, how much money might a top sculler make per year in purses?
(a) $7,500.
(b) $18,000.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $15,000.

5. With whom had Wood raced in a fast double and taken second at Henley in 1977?
(a) Al Healy.
(b) Christ Allsopp.
(c) Greg Stone.
(d) Jack Frackleton.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Olympics, whose shoes did Lewis want to fill?

2. How many more miles did Lewis row after reading an article about Wood in a magazine?

3. When Donald Beer won an Olympic gold medal, what rowing event did he compete in?

4. When did the Biglows move West?

5. Who donated the money for the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?

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