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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the business where Joe visited his father at work in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9?
(a) The Golden Rule Dairy and Bakery.
(b) The Northern-Pacific-Railroad.
(c) The White Horse Tavern.
(d) Clyde's Deli and Bakery.

2. How many of the original 175 boys were still in competition for a seat in the first two freshman boats at the University of Washington on October 30, 1933?
(a) 80.
(b) 65.
(c) 108.
(d) 100.

3. What was the name of the train that the Washington crews took to Poughkeepsie in 1934?
(a) The Red Baron.
(b) The Empire Builder.
(c) The White Rocket.
(d) The Great Pacific.

4. In what year did Hiram Conibear die?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1917.

5. What did the game warden do when he spied Joe Rantz poaching salmon in the beginning of Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?
(a) He hit him over the head with a piece of driftwood.
(b) He shot him in the ankle with a pistol.
(c) He hauled Joe to the county jail.
(d) He called Joe's father.

6. What was the name of the seventeen-year-old boy who sat in the number two seat of the freshman crew in the beginning of Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?
(a) Harvey Love.
(b) George Hunt.
(c) Willis Thompson.
(d) Russell Callow.

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

8. Who was the first person to cross the United States by motor vehicle, traveling by motorcycle from San Francisco to New York?
(a) George A. Wyman.
(b) Tom Bolles.
(c) Angus Hay Jr.
(d) Roger Morris.

9. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9 means noisy or clamorous?
(a) Sedentary.
(b) Atavistic.
(c) Misanthropic.
(d) Vociferous.

10. 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.

11. What was the name of Joseph Goebbels' wife?
(a) Magda Goebbels.
(b) Eleanor Goebbels.
(c) Sarah Goebbels.
(d) Irina Goebbels.

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

13. What was the name of Joe Rantz's father?
(a) James Rantz.
(b) Harry Rantz.
(c) Frank Rantz.
(d) Michael Rantz.

14. 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) July 1, 1933.
(c) October 9, 1933.
(d) March 12, 1933.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the rowing program at the University of California at Berkeley established?

2. What term refers to a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides?

3. When was Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as President of the United States?

4. What word from Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3 refers to an even balance or distribution of weight?

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?

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