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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. In what year did Seattle's professional hockey team, the Metropolitans, become the first American team to win the Stanley Cup?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1900.

2. What was the name of the ship that the University of Washington crew took to Europe in 1936?
(a) The SS Manhattan.
(b) The SS Olympia.
(c) The SS Maryland.
(d) The SS Boston.

3. How old was Jim Ten Eyck, the coach from Syracuse, in 1935 when Washington went to race in Poughkeepsie?
(a) 83.
(b) 76.
(c) 55.
(d) 39.

4. On what date did the University of Washington crew members depart on the train for Poughkeepsie in 1936?
(a) June 24.
(b) June 10.
(c) July 5.
(d) March 1.

5. What film studio came to shoot newsreel of the University of Washington rowing crew as they practiced in January of 1936?
(a) Columbia Pictures.
(b) Universal Pictures.
(c) RKO Pictures.
(d) 20th Century Fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?

2. What did Joyce do after turning off the radio when the Americans won the men's eights at the 1936 Olympics?

3. Who won the bronze medal in men's eights at the 1936 Olympics?

4. Who was the coxswain for Navy at the Olympic trials in 1936?

5. In what village were the American rowers lodged at a police training camp during the 1936 Olympics?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What did Bobby Moch's father warn him of when he knew that Bobby would be going to Berlin for the 1936 Olympics? Why?

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

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

8. How does the author describe the University of Washington crew's performance at the final Olympic trial in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 15?

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

10. What conflicts arose in the U.S. and other countries regarding Germany hosting the 1936 Summer Olympics? How were these conflicts resolved?

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