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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. What term refers to a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides?
(a) Dory.
(b) Clipper.
(c) Dinghy.
(d) Kayak.

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

3. On what date does the author begin his narrative in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) October 9, 1933.
(b) March 12, 1933.
(c) July 1, 1933.
(d) December 14, 1933.

4. In the fourth year of the Great Depression, how many Americans had no job or prospect of finding one, according to the author in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) 10 million people.
(b) 4 million people.
(c) 2 million people.
(d) 20 million people.

5. What was the name of Joe's aunt that he was sent to live with after his mother died?
(a) Alma.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Marie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?

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

3. 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?

4. What was the name of Joe Rantz's father?

5. When was George Pocock born?

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