View a FREE sample

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

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

3. What was the name of the shell that the freshman crew raced in Poughkeepsie in 1934?
(a) The SS Manhattan.
(b) The City of Seattle.
(c) The Husky Clipper.
(d) The Seattle Mariner.

4. What crewman at the University of Washington had spent five brutal months fishing for salmon on the Bering Sea in Alaska to raise money to attend college?
(a) Ed Stanley.
(b) George Hunt.
(c) Harvey Love.
(d) Gordy Adam.

5. What was the name of the seventeen-year-old boy who sat in the number two seat of the freshman crew in the beginning of Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?
(a) Russell Callow.
(b) Harvey Love.
(c) George Hunt.
(d) Willis Thompson.

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. In what year did the Wright brothers make the first controlled human flight?

3. Who is described in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9 as "the savvy little coxswain of what seemed to be shaping up to be the best of the JV boats"?

4. On what network did Royal Brougham announce the live broadcast of the Olympic rowing trials in 1936?

5. What was the name of Johnny White's mother?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 250 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample