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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 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"?
(a) Charlie McDonald.
(b) Harvey Love.
(c) Bobby Moch.
(d) George Hunt.

2. In what year did the Wright brothers make the first controlled human flight?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1903.

3. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1936.

4. How hold was Joe Rantz when his father and Thula abandoned him in Sequim, Washington?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. 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) Royal Brougham.
(c) Charlie McDonald.
(d) Ed Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the four crewman that had incomplete coursework and faced being declared ineligible to row at the University of Washington in May of 1936?

2. Who was the coach of the U.S. women's swimming team that expelled Eleanor Holm from the Olympic team due to her drinking in 1936?

3. What was the name of Al Ulbrickson's wife?

4. Where was Joyce Simdar sent to live with an aunt after her family's home burned down?

5. By what name did the dust storm that hit on April 14, 1935 become known?

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