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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date does the author begin his narrative in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) December 14, 1933.
(b) October 9, 1933.
(c) July 1, 1933.
(d) March 12, 1933.

2. In what year did Seattle's professional hockey team, the Metropolitans, become the first American team to win the Stanley Cup?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1935.

3. How much did Joe Rantz earn for the dangerous job jack-hammering on the side of cliff faces at the Grand Coulee Dam site in 1935?
(a) 2 dollars an hour.
(b) 75 cents an hour.
(c) 25 cents an hour.
(d) 50 cents an hour.

4. How far did Roger Morris walk to the University of Washington each day from his parents' home in Fremont?
(a) 2.5 miles.
(b) 1.5 miles.
(c) 5.5 miles.
(d) 16 miles.

5. Who was Joe Rantz's music teacher in Sequim?
(a) Miss Flatebo.
(b) Miss Willis.
(c) Miss Paul.
(d) Miss Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Chuck Day's father's profession?

3. Whose quotations open almost each chapter of The Boys in the Boat?

4. What was the name of the ship that the University of Washington crew took to Europe in 1936?

5. How old did Adolf Hitler turn on April 20, 1936?

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