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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Olympic standard distance for all rowing events?
(a) 2,000 meters.
(b) 1,000 meters.
(c) 500 meters.
(d) 2,500 meters.

2. Who was the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program in 1933?
(a) Byron Noble.
(b) Al Ulbrickson.
(c) George A. Wyman.
(d) Tom Bolles.

3. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?
(a) They were married in an airplane.
(b) They were married over the telephone.
(c) They were married on a mountaintop.
(d) They were married over the internet.

4. What was Joe Rantz's mother's maiden name?
(a) Sarah Smith.
(b) Marie Anderson.
(c) Nellie Maxwell.
(d) Thula Maxwell.

5. What was the name of the custom-built sectional boat that Sir Henry Stanley used to search for Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa in 1874?
(a) SS Manhattan.
(b) The Whitehorse.
(c) Lady Alice.
(d) The Green Dragon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person to cross the United States by motor vehicle, traveling by motorcycle from San Francisco to New York?

2. In what year did Hiram Conibear die?

3. In what year did Joe Rantz's parents marry?

4. Where were the University of Washington rowing crew tryouts held in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?

5. From where did Joe Rantz's parents move to Spokane after they married?

(see the answer key)

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