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

2. What was Joe Rantz's mother's maiden name?
(a) Sarah Smith.
(b) Thula Maxwell.
(c) Nellie Maxwell.
(d) Marie Anderson.

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?
(a) The Green Dragon.
(b) Lady Alice.
(c) SS Manhattan.
(d) The Whitehorse.

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

5. In what year did Joe Rantz's parents marry?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1875.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. On what date did George Pocock and his brother Dick first arrive in Vancouver, Canada?

3. George Pocock grew up in and around the boathouse of what prominent school?

4. What term refers to a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides?

5. On what date does the author begin his narrative in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?

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