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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. Who was the head of the Yale rowing crew at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Joe Louis.
(b) Ed Stanley.
(c) Ed Leader.
(d) Gordy Adam.

2. Who was the Kansas City AP bureau chief that first coined the phrase "the dust bowl"?
(a) Byron Noble.
(b) Harvey Love.
(c) Ed Stanley.
(d) Frank G. Gorrie.

3. 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) George Hunt.
(b) Willis Thompson.
(c) Harvey Love.
(d) Russell Callow.

4. What was the name of Joe Rantz's father?
(a) Harry Rantz.
(b) Michael Rantz.
(c) Frank Rantz.
(d) James Rantz.

5. What was Bobby Moch's weight in 1936?
(a) 127 lbs.
(b) 176 lbs.
(c) 145 lbs.
(d) 119 lbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the train that the Washington crews took to Poughkeepsie in 1934?

2. On what river was the Grand Coulee dam site where Joe Rantz worked?

3. When was George Pocock born?

4. What was the name of Bobby Moch's father?

5. Who was the champion sculler from the 1904 Olympics that attended the 1936 Olympic trials for rowing?

(see the answer key)

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