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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. How much did Joe Rantz earn for the dangerous job jack-hammering on the side of cliff faces at the Grand Coulee Dam site in 1935?
(a) 75 cents an hour.
(b) 2 dollars an hour.
(c) 25 cents an hour.
(d) 50 cents an hour.

2. Who was Joe Rantz's music teacher in Sequim?
(a) Miss Willis.
(b) Miss Flatebo.
(c) Miss Stanley.
(d) Miss Paul.

3. Who was Joyce Simdars' employer that payed for her to take cooking lessons after she made an unpalatable duck a l'orange?
(a) Mrs. Tellwright.
(b) Mrs. Moch.
(c) Mrs. Thompson.
(d) Mrs. Brougham.

4. What did Al Ulbrickson announce to the University of Washington crew as they left on the train for Poughkeepsie in 1936?
(a) He wanted them to gain 3-4 pounds.
(b) He wanted them to lose 5-10 pounds.
(c) He was quitting coaching.
(d) He wasn't going with them to Germany.

5. In what year did Joe Rantz's parents marry?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1899.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the home water used by the University of California at Berkeley's rowing team in 1934?

2. What two lanes of the racecourse at Grunau were exposed to prevailing winds and could be at times unrowable?

3. Who revealed to Joe Rantz the location where his father had been living in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?

4. What word used to describe Chuck Day in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 11 means inclined to quarrel or combative?

5. Who was the head of Cornell's rowing program at the Olympic trials in 1936?

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