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

2. What was the name of the family that Joe's father took Joe to live with near the Hama Hama Logging Company in 1924?
(a) The Andersons.
(b) The Schwartz's.
(c) The Jacksons.
(d) The Rosses.

3. On what date does the author begin his narrative in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) March 12, 1933.
(b) December 14, 1933.
(c) October 9, 1933.
(d) July 1, 1933.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year did Hiram Conibear die?

4. When was George Pocock born?

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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