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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What film studio came to shoot newsreel of the University of Washington rowing crew as they practiced in January of 1936?
(a) Columbia Pictures.
(b) Universal Pictures.
(c) RKO Pictures.
(d) 20th Century Fox.

2. Where were the University of Washington rowing crew tryouts held in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) Montlake Cut.
(b) Arcata Bay.
(c) Jackson Bay.
(d) Langer See.

3. How old was Fritz Kreisler when he was admitted to the Vienna Conservatory?
(a) 7.
(b) 13.
(c) 17.
(d) 9.

4. What crewman at the University of Washington had spent five brutal months fishing for salmon on the Bering Sea in Alaska to raise money to attend college?
(a) Gordy Adam.
(b) Harvey Love.
(c) George Hunt.
(d) Ed Stanley.

5. What was the name of Joe's aunt that he was sent to live with after his mother died?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Marie.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Alma.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first American intercollegiate crew race in America took place in what year?

2. On what date did the University of Washington's freshman and varsity rowing teams board the train for Poughkeepsie in 1934?

3. 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?

4. What was the time of the University of California at Berkeley's crew in their heat for the 1936 Olympic trials?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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