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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 University of Washington student that accidentally set himself on fire during a bonfire and was killed in 1933?
(a) Roger Morris.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Angus Hay Jr.
(d) Willis Thompson.

2. What term refers to the person that verbally controls a boat's steering, speed, timing, and fluidity in competitive rowing?
(a) Scull.
(b) Coxswain.
(c) Sweep.
(d) Stroke.

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

4. 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?
(a) Tom Bolles.
(b) Roger Morris.
(c) George A. Wyman.
(d) Byron Noble.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

3. In what country was George Pocock born?

4. What kind of shop Harry Rantz run in Sequim, Washington in 1925?

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

(see the answer key)

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