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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long had Harry Parker been Wood's coach on and off?
(a) Some 7 years.
(b) Some 14 years.
(c) Some 20 years.
(d) Some 12 years.

4. Where was the most revealing image that Steve Kiesling ever saw published of John Biglow?
(a) The Harvard Crimson.
(b) The Daily Princetonian.
(c) The Daily Free Press.
(d) Yale Daily News.

5. Who was the Harvard sweep oarsman who had a tough time dealing with the mental adjustment to sculling?
(a) John Biglow.
(b) Joe Bouscaren.
(c) Charley Altekruse.
(d) Brad Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Biglow weigh?

2. How much did Wood and his teammates once spend apiece to stay in a room at the Princeton Motor Lodge?

3. When Shealy was on the Harvard crew, by how many lengths did Harvard beat the University of Washington?

4. How long would each oarsman row when on the ergometer?

5. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?

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