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

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

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

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

5. On what date did George Pocock and his brother Dick first arrive in Vancouver, Canada?
(a) March 11, 1911.
(b) December 14, 1930.
(c) March 23, 1891.
(d) March 31, 1914.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was the freshman rowing coach at the University of Washington in 1933?

4. Who replaced Ed Leader as the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What frustrations did Coach Bolles face with the freshman crew after their return from the California regatta in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 7?

3. What led up to Joe Rantz's abandonment by his father in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 2?

4. What frustrations did Coach Al Ulbrickson face as the crews prepared for Poughkeepsie in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9?

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

6. How does the author describe his first meeting with Joe Rantz in the Prologue of The Boys in the Boat?

7. How does the author describe the spiritual rewards and transformation within rowing competitively in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3?

8. 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?

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

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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