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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When was the rowing program at the University of California at Berkeley established?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1901.

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

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

6. Who was the coxswain of the varsity boat that raced against the freshmen at the University of Washington in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 6?
(a) Willis Thompson.
(b) Angus Hay Jr.
(c) Harvey Love.
(d) Harry Rantz.

7. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1932.

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

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

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

11. On what date did Joyce Simdar's family home burn to the ground?
(a) October 9, 1926.
(b) March 11, 1911.
(c) March 4, 1933.
(d) September 29, 1929.

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

13. 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) Angus Hay Jr.'s father.
(d) Frank G. Gorrie's father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the author begin his narrative in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?

2. Who is described in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9 as "the savvy little coxswain of what seemed to be shaping up to be the best of the JV boats"?

3. Where did Harry go to fetch a doctor when Thula went into labor in November of 1924?

4. On what date was Joe Rantz born?

5. Who wrote an exuberant account of the Cal-Washington varsity regatta for the Associated Press in 1934?

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