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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. Who stands on the podium at the medal ceremony at the 1936 Olympics in the photograph that concludes Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 18?
(a) George Hunt.
(b) Bobby Moch.
(c) Royal Brougham.
(d) Wink Winslow.

2. What did Joyce do after turning off the radio when the Americans won the men's eights at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) She called her mother.
(b) She called her father.
(c) She made sandwiches.
(d) She called Joe.

3. Where did Al Ulbrickson agree to meet Cal, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Wisconsin, and UCLA for a one-off-two-thousand-meter varsity matchup after Poughkeepsie in 1935?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) Green Bay, Wisconsin.
(c) Long Beach, California.
(d) Princeton, New Jersey.

4. What was the profession of Bobby Moch's father?
(a) He was a baker and chef.
(b) He was a politician.
(c) He was a schoolteacher.
(d) He was a watchmaker and jeweler.

5. What lake is used by Princeton University's rowing team?
(a) Lake Winnepesaukee.
(b) Montlake Cut.
(c) Lake Carnegie.
(d) Langer See.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the lakeside community in Berlin where the 1936 Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events took place?

2. What was the name of the Irish port where the American Olympic athletes' ship stopped on July 21, 1936?

3. Who was the coach of the U.S. women's swimming team that expelled Eleanor Holm from the Olympic team due to her drinking in 1936?

4. How many men worked in the kitchen for the cafeteria of the Grand Coulee Dam site when Joe Rantz worked there?

5. What was the name of the University of Washington's football team before they became the Huskies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the regatta at Poughkeepsie in 1935? How did the University of Washington perform?

2. What position did Joe Rantz take at the Grand Coulee Dam site in the summer after his sophomore year at the University of Washington? How much did the job pay?

3. What statement did Al Ulbrickson make via an open letter to the Seattle Times in September of 1935? Why did he make this announcement?

4. How does the author describe the University of Washington crew's performance at the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1936?

5. What function does Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 18 serve in the plot structure of The Boys in the Boat? How?

6. How did the University of Washington crew feel as they prepared to depart for the regatta in Poughkeepsie in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 14?

7. How did Al Ulbrickson differ from George Pocock in how he addressed the University of Washington crew during the Olympic training session in 1936? Whose coaching strategies proved the strongest?

8. What were the Nuremberg Laws that Hitler enacted in 1935? How did these laws define German citizenship?

9. What ship did the University of Washington crew take to Europe for the 1936 Summer Olympics? How is the setting of the ship described?

10. How does the author describe Adolf Hitler's reaction when the announcement was made of the outcome of men's eights rowing event at the Olympics?

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