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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was Joe Rantz born?
(a) March 31, 1914.
(b) March 4, 1909.
(c) July 1, 1933.
(d) October 9, 1918.

2. In what country was George Pocock born?
(a) The United States.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) The Republic of Ireland.

3. George Pocock grew up in and around the boathouse of what prominent school?
(a) Winchester College.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Eton College.
(d) Harvard University.

4. When was Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as President of the United States?
(a) July 1, 1932.
(b) March 4, 1933.
(c) October 9, 1933.
(d) ecember 14, 1930.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Joe Rantz's mother's maiden name?

2. What friend of Joe Rantz's was a central figure in one of Daniel James Brown's earlier books, according to the author in the Prologue?

3. Who was the freshman rowing coach at the University of Washington in 1933?

4. What term refers to the person that verbally controls a boat's steering, speed, timing, and fluidity in competitive rowing?

5. Who accompanied Joe Rantz as he made his way to the University of Washington crew tryouts in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?

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