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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many acres was the "stump farm" that Harry Rantz purchased in Sequim?
(a) 160 acres.
(b) 93 acres.
(c) 10 acres.
(d) 45 acres.

4. In what year did the Wright brothers make the first controlled human flight?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1919.

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

2. What is the Olympic standard distance for all rowing events?

3. Who wrote an exuberant account of the Cal-Washington varsity regatta for the Associated Press in 1934?

4. What word from Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3 refers to an even balance or distribution of weight?

5. What was the name of the University of Washington student that accidentally set himself on fire during a bonfire and was killed in 1933?

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