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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) March 31, 1914.
(b) December 2, 1933.
(c) July 1, 1933.
(d) March 4, 1933.

2. Who was the stroke man for Penn State at the 1936 Olympic trials?
(a) Jim Wray.
(b) Charlie McDonald.
(c) Gordy Adam.
(d) Lloyd Saxton.

3. What was the name of the racing vessel that the University of Washington crew took to Poughkeepsie in 1936?
(a) The Husky Clipper.
(b) The City of Spokane.
(c) The City of Seattle.
(d) The Lady Alice.

4. 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) Byron Noble.
(b) Roger Morris.
(c) Angus Hay Jr.
(d) Willis Thompson.

5. On what network did Royal Brougham announce the live broadcast of the Olympic rowing trials in 1936?
(a) ABC.
(b) NBC.
(c) FOX.
(d) CBS.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sports writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer had been "loudly backing the cause of the sophomores for months" before the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1935, according to the author in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10?

3. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10 refers to a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd?

4. Who was the champion sculler from the 1904 Olympics that attended the 1936 Olympic trials for rowing?

5. By what name did the dust storm that hit on April 14, 1935 become known?

(see the answer key)

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