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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the University of Washington rowing crew tryouts held in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) Montlake Cut.
(b) Arcata Bay.
(c) Jackson Bay.
(d) Langer See.

2. Who was the bootlegger that Joe and Harry stole liquor from to sell on the black market during the Great Depression in Sequim?
(a) George A. Wyman.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Tom Bolles.
(d) Angus Hay Jr.

3. Who were the sophomore crew members that Ulbrickson called into his office and told they needed to shape up in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9?
(a) Mike, Byron, George, Joe, and Willis.
(b) Joe, Bobby, George, and Russell.
(c) George, Chuck, Roger, Shorty, and Joe.
(d) Frank, Bobby, Ky, Harry, and Jerry.

4. How many acres was the "stump farm" that Harry Rantz purchased in Sequim?
(a) 160 acres.
(b) 10 acres.
(c) 45 acres.
(d) 93 acres.

5. What was the name of Thula's mother?
(a) Emily Thompson.
(b) Ellen Jackson.
(c) Mary LaFollette.
(d) Sarah McWilliams.

6. In what year did Ed Leader leave the University of Washington's rowing program to coach at Yale?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1923.

7. Who was the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program in 1933?
(a) Al Ulbrickson.
(b) George A. Wyman.
(c) Byron Noble.
(d) Tom Bolles.

8. The first American intercollegiate crew race in America took place in what year?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1788.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1900.

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

10. When was Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as President of the United States?
(a) October 9, 1933.
(b) March 4, 1933.
(c) July 1, 1932.
(d) ecember 14, 1930.

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

12. What was the nickname that Jim McMillin's crewmates called him?
(a) Jimmy Rogers.
(b) Hungry-Jack.
(c) Shorty.
(d) Stub.

13. What was the name of the family that Joe's father took Joe to live with near the Hama Hama Logging Company in 1924?
(a) The Schwartz's.
(b) The Rosses.
(c) The Andersons.
(d) The Jacksons.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the narrative refers to a boat race?

2. Who revealed to Joe Rantz the location where his father had been living in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?

3. When Al Ulbrickson addressed the sophomore crew members at the University of Washington in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8, he told them they were not to eat what?

4. What was Joe Rantz's mother's maiden name?

5. What was the name of the train that the Washington crews took to Poughkeepsie in 1934?

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