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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 term refers to a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides?
(a) Kayak.
(b) Dinghy.
(c) Clipper.
(d) Dory.

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

3. On what date did Joyce Simdar's family home burn to the ground?
(a) March 4, 1933.
(b) March 11, 1911.
(c) September 29, 1929.
(d) October 9, 1926.

4. From where did Joe Rantz's parents move to Spokane after they married?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

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 on a mountaintop.
(c) They were married in an airplane.
(d) They were married over the internet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How hold was Joe Rantz when his father and Thula abandoned him in Sequim, Washington?

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?

3. How many of the original 175 boys were still in competition for a seat in the first two freshman boats at the University of Washington on October 30, 1933?

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

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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