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

2. In the fourth year of the Great Depression, how many Americans had no job or prospect of finding one, according to the author in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) 10 million people.
(b) 20 million people.
(c) 2 million people.
(d) 4 million people.

3. 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.

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

5. 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?
(a) The Green Keys.
(b) The Black-jackets.
(c) The Blue Lyres.
(d) The White Notes.

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

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

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

9. 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?
(a) Bread or grains.
(b) Fried meats or pastries.
(c) Processed foods of any kind.
(d) Potatoes or heavy starches.

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

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

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

13. Where did Harry go to fetch a doctor when Thula went into labor in November of 1924?
(a) Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
(b) San Francisco, California.
(c) Mammoth, California.
(d) Sequim, Washington.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time each night did Al Ulbrickson tell his Washington crew boys that they must go to bed each night in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?

2. Who was the coxswain of the varsity boat that raced against the freshmen at the University of Washington in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 6?

3. In what year did Hiram Conibear die?

4. When was the first Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta held?

5. On what body of water was the first intercollegiate crew race held in the United States?

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