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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 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.

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

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

4. In what year did Ed Leader leave the University of Washington's rowing program to coach at Yale?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1926.

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

6. What is the Olympic standard distance for all rowing events?
(a) 500 meters.
(b) 1,000 meters.
(c) 2,000 meters.
(d) 2,500 meters.

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

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

9. On what date did the University of Washington's freshman and varsity rowing teams board the train for Poughkeepsie in 1934?
(a) September 12, 1934.
(b) August 1, 1934.
(c) December 1, 1934.
(d) June 1, 1934.

10. 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.

11. What word from Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3 refers to an even balance or distribution of weight?
(a) Posterior.
(b) Ellipses.
(c) Elocution.
(d) Equipoise.

12. Where were the University of Washington rowing crew tryouts held in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) Jackson Bay.
(b) Arcata Bay.
(c) Langer See.
(d) Montlake Cut.

13. George Pocock grew up in and around the boathouse of what prominent school?
(a) Winchester College.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Eton College.
(d) Yale University.

14. In what year did the University of California at Berkeley win the Olympic gold for rowing in Amsterdam?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1928.

15. What term refers to the person that verbally controls a boat's steering, speed, timing, and fluidity in competitive rowing?
(a) Scull.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Coxswain.
(d) Sweep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person to cross the United States by motor vehicle, traveling by motorcycle from San Francisco to New York?

2. Who was the bootlegger that Joe and Harry stole liquor from to sell on the black market during the Great Depression in Sequim?

3. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?

4. 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"?

5. Where was Joyce Simdar sent to live with an aunt after her family's home burned down?

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