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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In their sophomore year, Joe Rantz's crew changed their rowing chant from "M-I-B" to what?
(a) M-A-C.
(b) L-O-C.
(c) B-R-B.
(d) L-G-B.

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

5. On what date was Joe Rantz born?
(a) July 1, 1933.
(b) March 4, 1909.
(c) March 31, 1914.
(d) October 9, 1918.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the custom-built sectional boat that Sir Henry Stanley used to search for Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa in 1874?

2. What was the nickname that Jim McMillin's crewmates called him?

3. What was the name of the train that the Washington crews took to Poughkeepsie in 1934?

4. Who revealed to Joe Rantz the location where his father had been living in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?

5. What was the name of Joseph Goebbels' wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the Rantz family live in Seattle when they moved there in 1924-1925? Where did Harry Rantz work at this time?

2. How does the author describe the physical toll of rowing in a two-thousand-meter regatta in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3?

3. How would you compare the actions, motivations, and characteristics of Joe Rantz and Thula Rantz?

4. How is the setting of Seattle described in 1933 in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?

5. What irony and symbolism can be seen in the performance of the Washington crew as they prepared for Poughkeepsie in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 7?

6. What history did Coach Bolles have with the University of California at Berkeley crew? How did this history influence his actions in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 6?

7. How did George Pocock come to his association with the University of Washington?

8. What did Joe Rantz's father tell him when he abandoned Joe at the age of fourteen? How did Joe respond to these circumstances?

9. What was Ky Ebright's relationship to the University of Washington? How did this history influence his actions as coach at the University of California at Berkeley?

10. How is George Pocock's childhood described in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3? How did Pocock become involved with boats?

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