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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the senior that Ulbrickson swapped out for George Morry as coxswain on the sophomore boat at Poughkeepsie in 1935?
(a) Ed Stanley.
(b) George Hunt.
(c) Wink Winslow.
(d) Russell Callow.

2. Who were the two schools that raced against one another in the first intercollegiate rowing crew race in the U.S.?
(a) Rutgers and Princeton.
(b) MIT and Harvard.
(c) Harvard and Yale.
(d) Yale and NYU.

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

4. When did Stanford University first compete in the IRA Regatta?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1912.

5. On what date did George Pocock and his brother Dick first arrive in Vancouver, Canada?
(a) March 23, 1891.
(b) March 31, 1914.
(c) December 14, 1930.
(d) March 11, 1911.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake is used by Princeton University's rowing team?

2. When the author compare's the coxswain's role in a boat to football in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13, he says that the coxswain would comprise what roles on a football field?

3. On what date does the author begin his narrative in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?

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

5. What was the area called where Joe Rantz rented a cheap room while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site?

(see the answer key)

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