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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Kansas City AP bureau chief that first coined the phrase "the dust bowl"?
(a) Frank G. Gorrie.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Harvey Love.
(d) Ed Stanley.

2. What was Chuck Day's father's profession?
(a) He was a shipbuilder.
(b) He was a butcher.
(c) He was a professor.
(d) He was a dentist.

3. What kind of shop Harry Rantz run in Sequim, Washington in 1925?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) An antique clock shop.
(c) An auto repair shop.
(d) A candy shop.

4. Who were the sophomore crew members that Ulbrickson called into his office and told they needed to shape up in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9?
(a) Frank, Bobby, Ky, Harry, and Jerry.
(b) Mike, Byron, George, Joe, and Willis.
(c) George, Chuck, Roger, Shorty, and Joe.
(d) Joe, Bobby, George, and Russell.

5. What word from the narrative refers to a boat race?
(a) Regatta.
(b) Intaglio.
(c) Sculler.
(d) Rampart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the lakeside community in Berlin where the 1936 Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events took place?

2. George Pocock grew up in and around the boathouse of what prominent school?

3. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10 refers to a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd?

4. What did the game warden do when he spied Joe Rantz poaching salmon in the beginning of Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?

5. Where did Thula Rantz go to audition for Fritz Kreisler in 1935?

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