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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. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1932.

2. When did Stanford University first compete in the IRA Regatta?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1856.

3. The first American intercollegiate crew race in America took place in what year?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1808.

4. 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?
(a) The Sears Tower.
(b) The Great Pyramid at Giza.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The Great Wall of China.

5. 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) March 4, 1933.
(c) July 1, 1933.
(d) December 2, 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname that Jim McMillin's crewmates called him?

2. When was George Pocock born?

3. What was the area called where Joe Rantz rented a cheap room while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site?

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?

5. 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?

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