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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 word from Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3 refers to an even balance or distribution of weight?
(a) Equipoise.
(b) Ellipses.
(c) Elocution.
(d) Posterior.

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

3. From where did Joe Rantz's parents move to Spokane after they married?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

4. Who was the first person to cross the United States by motor vehicle, traveling by motorcycle from San Francisco to New York?
(a) Roger Morris.
(b) Angus Hay Jr.
(c) Tom Bolles.
(d) George A. Wyman.

5. Where were the University of Washington rowing crew tryouts held in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) Montlake Cut.
(b) Arcata Bay.
(c) Langer See.
(d) Jackson Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Olympic standard distance for all rowing events?

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

3. What was the name of the custom-built sectional boat that Sir Henry Stanley used to search for Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa in 1874?

4. What was the name of Joe's aunt that he was sent to live with after his mother died?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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