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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did the Wright brothers make the first controlled human flight?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1889.

3. 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) Angus Hay Jr.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Tom Bolles.
(d) George A. Wyman.

4. On what date did Al Ulbrickson announce his intention to take crews from the University of Washington to the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) June 24, 1934.
(b) January 14, 1935.
(c) December 14, 1933.
(d) October 9, 1935.

5. 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) Beta Sigma Psi.
(c) Phi Beta Kappa.
(d) Phi Kappa Alpha.

6. 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) 108.
(b) 100.
(c) 65.
(d) 80.

7. 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) Roger and Andrew Morris.
(b) Ky and James Ebright.
(c) Jim and Paul Hunt.
(d) Sid and George Lund.

8. On what body of water was the first intercollegiate crew race held in the United States?
(a) Lake Winnepesaukee.
(b) Lake Siskiyou.
(c) Langer See.
(d) Montlake Cut.

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

10. 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?
(a) Byron Noble's father.
(b) Broussais Beck Jr.'s father.
(c) Frank G. Gorrie's father.
(d) Angus Hay Jr.'s father.

11. Who was Joe Rantz's music teacher in Sequim?
(a) Miss Paul.
(b) Miss Flatebo.
(c) Miss Willis.
(d) Miss Stanley.

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

13. 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) Angus Hay Jr.
(c) Tom Bolles.
(d) Roger Morris.

14. What was the name of Roger Morris's family's moving business?
(a) The Jackson Movers.
(b) The Franklin Transfer Company.
(c) The Morris Renovation Company.
(d) The Williamstown Moving Company.

15. What was Joe Rantz's mother's maiden name?
(a) Nellie Maxwell.
(b) Thula Maxwell.
(c) Sarah Smith.
(d) Marie Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Stanford University first compete in the IRA Regatta?

2. What was the name of the family that Joe's father took Joe to live with near the Hama Hama Logging Company in 1924?

3. In their sophomore year, Joe Rantz's crew changed their rowing chant from "M-I-B" to what?

4. On what date did the University of Washington's freshman and varsity rowing teams board the train for Poughkeepsie in 1934?

5. George Pocock grew up in and around the boathouse of what prominent school?

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