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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3 refers to an even balance or distribution of weight?
(a) Equipoise.
(b) Posterior.
(c) Elocution.
(d) Ellipses.

2. Who revealed to Joe Rantz the location where his father had been living in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?
(a) Byron Noble.
(b) Ky Ebright.
(c) Thula Rantz.
(d) Fred Rantz.

3. What term refers to the person that verbally controls a boat's steering, speed, timing, and fluidity in competitive rowing?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Coxswain.
(c) Scull.
(d) Sweep.

4. What was the home water used by the University of California at Berkeley's rowing team in 1934?
(a) Montlake Cut.
(b) The Arcata Bay.
(c) Langer See.
(d) The Oakland Estuary.

5. George Pocock grew up in and around the boathouse of what prominent school?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Winchester College.
(c) Eton College.
(d) Yale University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend of Joe Rantz's was a central figure in one of Daniel James Brown's earlier books, according to the author in the Prologue?

2. What was the name of Roger Morris's family's moving business?

3. Who hired Joe Rantz to help him install a new roof on his farmhouse in the summer of 1934?

4. On what date did Joyce Simdar's family home burn to the ground?

5. On what date does the author say "it began to rain in Seattle as it had never rained before and has never rained since" in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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