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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 the family that Joe's father took Joe to live with near the Hama Hama Logging Company in 1924?
(a) The Schwartz's.
(b) The Rosses.
(c) The Jacksons.
(d) The Andersons.

2. What was the nickname that Jim McMillin's crewmates called him?
(a) Shorty.
(b) Stub.
(c) Jimmy Rogers.
(d) Hungry-Jack.

3. Who was the head of the rowing program at the University of California at Berkeley in 1934?
(a) Roger Morris.
(b) Angus Hay Jr.
(c) Willis Thompson.
(d) Ky Ebright.

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

5. 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?
(a) Tom Bolles.
(b) Roger Morris.
(c) Byron Noble.
(d) Harvey Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Al Ulbrickson announce his intention to take crews from the University of Washington to the 1936 Olympic Games?

2. Who was in charge of the cookhouse for the Washington crew when they arrived for the race at Poughkeepsie in 1936?

3. When was George Pocock born?

4. On what date does the author say "it began to rain in Seattle as it had never rained before and has never rained since" in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?

5. What word used to describe Chuck Day in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 11 means inclined to quarrel or combative?

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