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

2. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1932.

3. What was one of the derogatory nicknames that the richer students of the University of Washington called Joe Rantz?
(a) Smoking Joe.
(b) Chief Joe.
(c) Hobo Joe.
(d) Jumpin' Joe.

4. What was the name of Roger Morris's family's moving business?
(a) The Jackson Movers.
(b) The Morris Renovation Company.
(c) The Franklin Transfer Company.
(d) The Williamstown Moving Company.

5. Who was the freshman rowing coach at the University of Washington in 1933?
(a) Tom Bolles.
(b) George A. Wyman.
(c) Byron Noble.
(d) Al Ulbrickson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date did the University of Washington's freshman and varsity rowing teams board the train for Poughkeepsie in 1934?

3. 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?

4. From where did Joe Rantz's parents move to Spokane after they married?

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

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