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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. Who hired Joe Rantz to help him install a new roof on his farmhouse in the summer of 1934?
(a) Charlie McDonald.
(b) Russell Callow.
(c) Frank G. Gorrie.
(d) Willis Thompson.

2. With what rowing crew did the Washington boys get into a brawl in the cafeteria prior to the Olympic Games in 1936?
(a) The British.
(b) The French.
(c) The Yugoslavians.
(d) The Russians.

3. What word from Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3 refers to an even balance or distribution of weight?
(a) Ellipses.
(b) Equipoise.
(c) Elocution.
(d) Posterior.

4. 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.

5. On what date did George Pocock and his brother Dick first arrive in Vancouver, Canada?
(a) March 23, 1891.
(b) December 14, 1930.
(c) March 11, 1911.
(d) March 31, 1914.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the racing vessel that the University of Washington crew took to Poughkeepsie in 1936?

2. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?

3. In what year did the University of California at Berkeley win the Olympic gold for rowing in Amsterdam?

4. Who stands on the podium at the medal ceremony at the 1936 Olympics in the photograph that concludes Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 18?

5. On what date does the author say "it began to rain in Seattle as it had never rained before and has never rained since" in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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