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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) George Hunt.
(b) Russell Callow.
(c) Harvey Love.
(d) Willis Thompson.

3. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?
(a) They were married over the telephone.
(b) They were married on a mountaintop.
(c) They were married in an airplane.
(d) They were married over the internet.

4. Who wrote an exuberant account of the Cal-Washington varsity regatta for the Associated Press in 1934?
(a) Russell Callow.
(b) Harvey Love.
(c) Willis Thompson.
(d) Frank G. Gorrie.

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

6. On what date does the author begin his narrative in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) October 9, 1933.
(b) July 1, 1933.
(c) December 14, 1933.
(d) March 12, 1933.

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

8. What college fraternity key did Al Ulbrickson frequently twirl as he talked to the crews at the University of Washington?
(a) Delta Sigma Phi.
(b) Phi Kappa Alpha.
(c) Beta Sigma Psi.
(d) Phi Beta Kappa.

9. 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.

10. What was the home water used by the University of California at Berkeley's rowing team in 1934?
(a) Montlake Cut.
(b) Langer See.
(c) The Arcata Bay.
(d) The Oakland Estuary.

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

12. Who replaced Ed Leader as the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program?
(a) Willis Thompson.
(b) Ky Ebright.
(c) Russell Callow.
(d) Harvey Love.

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

14. Who was the head of the rowing program at the University of California at Berkeley in 1934?
(a) Willis Thompson.
(b) Roger Morris.
(c) Angus Hay Jr.
(d) Ky Ebright.

15. 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) 14 and a quarter inches.
(b) 19 and a half inches.
(c) 10 and a half inches.
(d) 12 and three-quarters of an inch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the University of Washington rowing crew tryouts held in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?

2. What was the name of the swing band that Roger Morris played with for extra money on the weekends while attending school at the University of Washington?

3. On what date did Joyce Simdar's family home burn to the ground?

4. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?

5. Who was the freshman rowing coach at the University of Washington in 1933?

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