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

2. What was the area called where Joe Rantz rented a cheap room while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site?
(a) Shack Town.
(b) Hooverville.
(c) Dinghy Pond.
(d) Jackson Square.

3. In what village were the American rowers lodged at a police training camp during the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Kopenick.
(b) Kassel.
(c) Reihendorf.
(d) Fischerhude.

4. Who was the Kansas City AP bureau chief that first coined the phrase "the dust bowl"?
(a) Frank G. Gorrie.
(b) Ed Stanley.
(c) Byron Noble.
(d) Harvey Love.

5. What book did the Reich League of German Officials have hand-transcribed as a birthday gift for Adolf Hitler on April 20, 1947?
(a) Olympia.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Zweites Buch.
(d) Mein Kampf.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what posh hotel did the athletic director from Stanford invite the Washington crew boys to dine with him?

2. What was the theme of the seventh annual rally staged at Nuremberg by the Nazi Party in September of 1935?

3. What is the central boulevard in Berlin described by the author in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16?

4. Who was the champion sculler from the 1904 Olympics that attended the 1936 Olympic trials for rowing?

5. Who was the only University of Washington crew member that did not put on weight while on the ship to Berlin before the Olympic Games?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why was the 1936 invasion by the Nazis into Rhineland significant to Adolf Hitler's cause and objectives?

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

3. How was the necessary money raised for the crew from the University of Washington to attend the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin?

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

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

6. Where did the American rowing crews lodge and train during the 1936 Summer Olympics? How is this setting described by the author?

7. Why was Al Ulbrickson concerned about Don Hume and his performance as the University of Washington crew trained in Germany before their trials in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 17?

8. What concerns did Al Ulbrickson express about the regatta course for the 1936 Summer Olympics? How was the matter resolved?

9. Where did Joe Rantz live while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site? How is this setting described?

10. What last-minute decision did Al Ulbrickson make regarding his crew as they set out for their final race in the 1936 Olympic games? How did the crew respond to this decision?

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