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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the business where Joe visited his father at work in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9?
(a) The White Horse Tavern.
(b) The Northern-Pacific-Railroad.
(c) Clyde's Deli and Bakery.
(d) The Golden Rule Dairy and Bakery.

2. On what date did Al Ulbrickson announce his intention to take crews from the University of Washington to the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) October 9, 1935.
(b) January 14, 1935.
(c) December 14, 1933.
(d) June 24, 1934.

3. What word used to describe Chuck Day in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 11 means inclined to quarrel or combative?
(a) Epistolary.
(b) Scullery.
(c) Pugnacious.
(d) Derivative.

4. On what date did George Pocock and his brother Dick first arrive in Vancouver, Canada?
(a) March 31, 1914.
(b) December 14, 1930.
(c) March 11, 1911.
(d) March 23, 1891.

5. 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) Roger Morris.
(c) Byron Noble.
(d) Angus Hay Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta held?

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

3. In what year did Hiram Conibear die?

4. On what body of water was the first intercollegiate crew race held in the United States?

5. Of the Grand Coulee Dam, the narrator says it was "so massive that by the time it was finished it would be the largest masonry structure built since" what?

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