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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. What was the name of the University of Washington's football team before they became the Huskies?
(a) The Sea Dolphins.
(b) The Sun Dodgers.
(c) The Gold Miners.
(d) The Brewskies.

2. How many acres was the site of the Reichssportfeld in 1933?
(a) 150 acres.
(b) 325 acres.
(c) 78 acres.
(d) 256 acres.

3. When was the rowing program at the University of California at Berkeley established?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1856.

4. Whose quotations open almost each chapter of The Boys in the Boat?
(a) Ky Ebright's.
(b) George Pocock's.
(c) Al Ulbrickson's.
(d) Joe Rantz's.

5. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9 means noisy or clamorous?
(a) Atavistic.
(b) Misanthropic.
(c) Sedentary.
(d) Vociferous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jim Ten Eyck, the coach from Syracuse, in 1935 when Washington went to race in Poughkeepsie?

2. What was the name of Thula's mother?

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

4. Who were the two schools that raced against one another in the first intercollegiate rowing crew race in the U.S.?

5. How tall was the tower that was built on the site where the Maifeld had been at the Reichssportfeld?

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