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

2. How old was Eleanor Holm in 1936?
(a) 22.
(b) 35.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

3. What crews were the University of Washington boys assigned to race for their preliminary regatta at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) China, Japan, and Ireland.
(b) Russia, Italy, France, and Great Britain.
(c) Germany, Italy, and Argentina.
(d) France, Japan, Czechoslovakia, and Great Britain.

4. Who was the senior that Ulbrickson swapped out for George Morry as coxswain on the sophomore boat at Poughkeepsie in 1935?
(a) Russell Callow.
(b) George Hunt.
(c) Ed Stanley.
(d) Wink Winslow.

5. 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) Bobby Moch.
(b) George Hunt.
(c) Royal Brougham.
(d) Wink Winslow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Seattle's professional hockey team, the Metropolitans, become the first American team to win the Stanley Cup?

2. Who was the coxswain for the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?

3. What lake is used by Princeton University's rowing team?

4. What crew member for the University of Washington varsity crew in 1936 hailed from Anacortes, Washington, and was an accomplished pianist and athlete?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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