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

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

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

4. Who was the bootlegger that Joe and Harry stole liquor from to sell on the black market during the Great Depression in Sequim?
(a) Tom Bolles.
(b) Angus Hay Jr.
(c) Byron Noble.
(d) George A. Wyman.

5. When was George Pocock born?
(a) March 23, 1891.
(b) December 14, 1895.
(c) March 31, 1914.
(d) October 9, 1900.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program in 1933?

3. In what year did the Wright brothers make the first controlled human flight?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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