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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the derogatory nicknames that the richer students of the University of Washington called Joe Rantz?
(a) Smoking Joe.
(b) Chief Joe.
(c) Hobo Joe.
(d) Jumpin' Joe.

2. What was the name of the swing band that Roger Morris played with for extra money on the weekends while attending school at the University of Washington?
(a) The White Notes.
(b) The Blue Lyres.
(c) The Green Keys.
(d) The Black-jackets.

3. By what name did the dust storm that hit on April 14, 1935 become known?
(a) Black Friday.
(b) Black Thursday.
(c) Black Monday.
(d) Black Sunday.

4. Who was the champion sculler from the 1904 Olympics that attended the 1936 Olympic trials for rowing?
(a) Lloyd Saxton.
(b) Jim Wray.
(c) Charlie McDonald.
(d) Constance Titus.

5. Who was the head of Cornell's rowing program at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Ed Stanley.
(b) Charlie McDonald.
(c) Jim Wray.
(d) Lloyd Saxton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the president of both the AAU and the American Olympic Committee in 1935?

2. Who was the coxswain for Navy at the Olympic trials in 1936?

3. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?

4. How old was Jim Ten Eyck, the coach from Syracuse, in 1935 when Washington went to race in Poughkeepsie?

5. Who was the Kansas City AP bureau chief that first coined the phrase "the dust bowl"?

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