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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. By what name did the dust storm that hit on April 14, 1935 become known?
(a) Black Monday.
(b) Black Friday.
(c) Black Sunday.
(d) Black Thursday.

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

3. What was the name of the University of Washington's football team before they became the Huskies?
(a) The Sun Dodgers.
(b) The Gold Miners.
(c) The Brewskies.
(d) The Sea Dolphins.

4. Who was the head of the Yale rowing crew at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Ed Leader.
(b) Ed Stanley.
(c) Joe Louis.
(d) Gordy Adam.

5. Who was the coxswain for Navy at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Gordy Adam.
(b) Vic Krulak.
(c) Wink Winslow.
(d) Joe Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?

2. How old was Jim Ten Eyck, the coach from Syracuse, in 1935 when Washington went to race in Poughkeepsie?

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

4. How far did Roger Morris walk to the University of Washington each day from his parents' home in Fremont?

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

(see the answer key)

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