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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 Joe Rantz's mother's maiden name?
(a) Nellie Maxwell.
(b) Thula Maxwell.
(c) Sarah Smith.
(d) Marie Anderson.

2. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

3. On what date did the University of Washington crew members depart on the train for Poughkeepsie in 1936?
(a) July 5.
(b) June 10.
(c) June 24.
(d) March 1.

4. What was the name of the swing band that Roger Morris played with for extra money on the weekends while attending school at the University of Washington?
(a) The Black-jackets.
(b) The Green Keys.
(c) The Blue Lyres.
(d) The White Notes.

5. What University of Washington crew member's father had been the manager of Bon Marche department store and was famous for hiring spies to infiltrate the unions?
(a) Byron Noble's father.
(b) Broussais Beck Jr.'s father.
(c) Frank G. Gorrie's father.
(d) Angus Hay Jr.'s father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harry go to fetch a doctor when Thula went into labor in November of 1924?

2. Who were the sophomore crew members that Ulbrickson called into his office and told they needed to shape up in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9?

3. 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?

4. On what date did George Pocock and his brother Dick first arrive in Vancouver, Canada?

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

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