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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 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Joyce Simdar sent to live with an aunt after her family's home burned down?
(a) Great Falls, Montana.
(b) Smithville, Kansas.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) New York, New York.

3. 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?
(a) Angus Hay Jr.
(b) Tom Bolles.
(c) George A. Wyman.
(d) Byron Noble.

4. 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) The Whitehorse.
(c) Lady Alice.
(d) SS Manhattan.

5. In what year did Hiram Conibear die?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1936.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Joyce Simdar's family home burn to the ground?

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

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

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

5. Where did Harry go to fetch a doctor when Thula went into labor in November of 1924?

(see the answer key)

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