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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Joyce Simdar sent to live with an aunt after her family's home burned down?
(a) Smithville, Kansas.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Great Falls, Montana.

2. What term refers to a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides?
(a) Clipper.
(b) Dinghy.
(c) Kayak.
(d) Dory.

3. Where did Harry go to fetch a doctor when Thula went into labor in November of 1924?
(a) Mammoth, California.
(b) Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
(c) Sequim, Washington.
(d) San Francisco, California.

4. What word from the narrative refers to a boat race?
(a) Sculler.
(b) Regatta.
(c) Intaglio.
(d) Rampart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the rowing program at the University of California at Berkeley in 1934?

2. 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?

3. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?

4. What was the name of Joe Rantz's father?

5. What was the name of Joe's aunt that he was sent to live with after his mother died?

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