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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. On what date did George Pocock and his brother Dick first arrive in Vancouver, Canada?
(a) December 14, 1930.
(b) March 11, 1911.
(c) March 23, 1891.
(d) March 31, 1914.

2. 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) SS Manhattan.
(d) Lady Alice.

3. What is the Olympic standard distance for all rowing events?
(a) 2,000 meters.
(b) 500 meters.
(c) 1,000 meters.
(d) 2,500 meters.

4. How hold was Joe Rantz when his father and Thula abandoned him in Sequim, Washington?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

5. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?
(a) They were married over the telephone.
(b) They were married in an airplane.
(c) They were married over the internet.
(d) They were married on a mountaintop.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was George Pocock born?

3. How many inches of rain does the author describe falling at the University of Washington during the course of a month of flooding in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?

4. What was one of the derogatory nicknames that the richer students of the University of Washington called Joe Rantz?

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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