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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Joe's aunt that he was sent to live with after his mother died?
(a) Marie.
(b) Alma.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Sarah.

2. Where did Thula Rantz go to audition for Fritz Kreisler in 1935?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. What was the name of Roger Morris's family's moving business?
(a) The Williamstown Moving Company.
(b) The Jackson Movers.
(c) The Franklin Transfer Company.
(d) The Morris Renovation Company.

4. 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?
(a) Avery Brundage.
(b) Ed Stanley.
(c) Charlie McDonald.
(d) Royal Brougham.

5. On what body of water was the first intercollegiate crew race held in the United States?
(a) Langer See.
(b) Lake Siskiyou.
(c) Montlake Cut.
(d) Lake Winnepesaukee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crew member for the University of Washington varsity crew in 1936 hailed from Anacortes, Washington, and was an accomplished pianist and athlete?

2. The author says in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13 that by March 19, 1936, Al Ulbrickson had his best bet for an Olympic boat. Who was at the bow of this boat?

3. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?

4. What is the name of the lake where the Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events were held in the 1936 Olympics?

5. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?

(see the answer key)

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