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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was George Pocock born?
(a) March 31, 1914.
(b) December 14, 1895.
(c) October 9, 1900.
(d) March 23, 1891.

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

3. In their sophomore year, Joe Rantz's crew changed their rowing chant from "M-I-B" to what?
(a) L-G-B.
(b) M-A-C.
(c) B-R-B.
(d) L-O-C.

4. Who were the two schools that raced against one another in the first intercollegiate rowing crew race in the U.S.?
(a) Rutgers and Princeton.
(b) MIT and Harvard.
(c) Yale and NYU.
(d) Harvard and Yale.

5. Who were the brothers that were in the all-sophomore boat and the JV boat and sustained a sibling rivalry in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9?
(a) Ky and James Ebright.
(b) Roger and Andrew Morris.
(c) Sid and George Lund.
(d) Jim and Paul Hunt.

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

7. What was one of the derogatory nicknames that the richer students of the University of Washington called Joe Rantz?
(a) Jumpin' Joe.
(b) Smoking Joe.
(c) Hobo Joe.
(d) Chief Joe.

8. Where was Joyce Simdar sent to live with an aunt after her family's home burned down?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) Great Falls, Montana.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Smithville, Kansas.

9. From where did Joe Rantz's parents move to Spokane after they married?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) Newark, New Jersey.
(c) Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

10. What was the name of the custom-built sectional boat that Sir Henry Stanley used to search for Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa in 1874?
(a) The Green Dragon.
(b) SS Manhattan.
(c) The Whitehorse.
(d) Lady Alice.

11. When was the first Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta held?
(a) March 11, 1911.
(b) June 24, 1895.
(c) September 29, 1829.
(d) March 31, 1914.

12. What friend of Joe Rantz's was a central figure in one of Daniel James Brown's earlier books, according to the author in the Prologue?
(a) Tom Bolles.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Angus Hay Jr.
(d) George A. Wyman.

13. When did Stanford University first compete in the IRA Regatta?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1856.

14. Who accompanied Joe Rantz as he made his way to the University of Washington crew tryouts in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) George A. Wyman.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Roger Morris.
(d) Tom Bolles.

15. What was the name of the shell that the freshman crew raced in Poughkeepsie in 1934?
(a) The Husky Clipper.
(b) The SS Manhattan.
(c) The Seattle Mariner.
(d) The City of Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the bootlegger that Joe and Harry stole liquor from to sell on the black market during the Great Depression in Sequim?

2. What college fraternity key did Al Ulbrickson frequently twirl as he talked to the crews at the University of Washington?

3. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?

4. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?

5. What University of Washington crew member's father had been the manager of Bon Marche department store and was famous for hiring spies to infiltrate the unions?

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