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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the shell that the freshman crew raced in Poughkeepsie in 1934?
(a) The SS Manhattan.
(b) The City of Seattle.
(c) The Seattle Mariner.
(d) The Husky Clipper.

2. What was one of the derogatory nicknames that the richer students of the University of Washington called Joe Rantz?
(a) Hobo Joe.
(b) Chief Joe.
(c) Smoking Joe.
(d) Jumpin' Joe.

3. How many of the original 175 boys were still in competition for a seat in the first two freshman boats at the University of Washington on October 30, 1933?
(a) 65.
(b) 108.
(c) 80.
(d) 100.

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

5. When was Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as President of the United States?
(a) July 1, 1932.
(b) October 9, 1933.
(c) March 4, 1933.
(d) ecember 14, 1930.

6. What was the name of the University of Washington student that accidentally set himself on fire during a bonfire and was killed in 1933?
(a) Willis Thompson.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Angus Hay Jr.
(d) Roger Morris.

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

8. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9 means noisy or clamorous?
(a) Vociferous.
(b) Atavistic.
(c) Sedentary.
(d) Misanthropic.

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

10. What was the nickname that Jim McMillin's crewmates called him?
(a) Shorty.
(b) Hungry-Jack.
(c) Stub.
(d) Jimmy Rogers.

11. In what year did Hiram Conibear die?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1945.

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

13. Whose quotations open almost each chapter of The Boys in the Boat?
(a) Ky Ebright's.
(b) Al Ulbrickson's.
(c) Joe Rantz's.
(d) George Pocock's.

14. When Al Ulbrickson addressed the sophomore crew members at the University of Washington in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8, he told them they were not to eat what?
(a) Processed foods of any kind.
(b) Potatoes or heavy starches.
(c) Bread or grains.
(d) Fried meats or pastries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How hold was Joe Rantz when his father and Thula abandoned him in Sequim, Washington?

2. What was the name of Thula's mother?

3. What term refers to a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides?

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

5. Who was the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program in 1933?

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