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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1949.

3. What was the name of the day school that Biglow attended?
(a) Lakeside.
(b) Dayton.
(c) Brighton.
(d) Riverside.

4. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?
(a) The competition.
(b) The money.
(c) The prestige.
(d) The Olympics.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much did Wood and Altekruse spend when they drove from Cambridge to the 1984 Olympic game trials?

3. What college did Biglow and Bouscaren row for?

4. As the 1984 Olympics approached, how long had it been since the United States had had a serious chance to win an Olympic medal?

5. What job had Wood had in Hartford?

(see the answer key)

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