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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 two lanes of the racecourse at Grunau were exposed to prevailing winds and could be at times unrowable?
(a) Lanes 5 and 6.
(b) Lanes 3 and 4.
(c) Lanes 1 and 2.
(d) Lanes 7 and 8.

2. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. Who was the NBC announcer that screamed the details of the crew regatta over KOMO's airwaves in Seattle during the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) Vic Krulak.
(b) Bill Slater.
(c) George Hunt.
(d) Ed Stanley.

4. Who was the stroke on the University of Washington's crew at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Donald Hume.
(b) Charles Day.
(c) Bobby Moch.
(d) George Hunt.

5. What is the name of the lakeside community in Berlin where the 1936 Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events took place?
(a) Dahlem.
(b) Mitte.
(c) Grunau.
(d) Nikolskoë.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the area called where Joe Rantz rented a cheap room while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site?

2. 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?

3. What was the time of the University of California at Berkeley's crew in their heat for the 1936 Olympic trials?

4. What does the German word "Burgermeister" translate to in English?

5. By what name did the dust storm that hit on April 14, 1935 become known?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Whom did Joe Rantz befriend while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site? How are these individuals described by the author?

4. 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?

5. What did the University of Washington rowing crew come to represent for Seattle and Washington, according to the author in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10? Why did they come to represent this?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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