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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did the University of Washington crew members depart on the train for Poughkeepsie in 1936?
(a) March 1.
(b) July 5.
(c) June 10.
(d) June 24.

2. What was the name of Joe's aunt that he was sent to live with after his mother died?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Alma.
(d) Marie.

3. Who was in charge of the cookhouse for the Washington crew when they arrived for the race at Poughkeepsie in 1936?
(a) Wink Winslow.
(b) Frank G. Gorrie.
(c) Evanda May Calimar.
(d) Joyce Simnars.

4. How many inches of rain does the author describe falling at the University of Washington during the course of a month of flooding in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?
(a) 19 and a half inches.
(b) 12 and three-quarters of an inch.
(c) 10 and a half inches.
(d) 14 and a quarter inches.

5. How much money did the Nazi government secretly funnel to Leni Riefenstahl for the purpose of producing the film "Olympia"?
(a) 2.8 million reichsmarks.
(b) 3.75 million reichsmarks.
(c) 4 million reichsmarks.
(d) 1.5 million reichsmarks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the long-distance runner Louis Zamperini from?

2. Who was the head of the rowing program at the University of California at Berkeley in 1934?

3. At what time each night did Al Ulbrickson tell his Washington crew boys that they must go to bed each night in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?

4. On what network did Royal Brougham announce the live broadcast of the Olympic rowing trials in 1936?

5. What kind of shop Harry Rantz run in Sequim, Washington in 1925?

(see the answer key)

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