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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides?
(a) Clipper.
(b) Kayak.
(c) Dory.
(d) Dinghy.

2. Who were the four crewman that had incomplete coursework and faced being declared ineligible to row at the University of Washington in May of 1936?
(a) Charlie, Ed, George, and Stubs.
(b) Chuck, Stub, Don, and Shorty.
(c) Shorty, Harry, Joe, and Eric.
(d) Joe, Gordy, Wink, and Ed.

3. Who hired Joe Rantz to help him install a new roof on his farmhouse in the summer of 1934?
(a) Charlie McDonald.
(b) Frank G. Gorrie.
(c) Willis Thompson.
(d) Russell Callow.

4. How many inches of rain does the author describe falling at the University of Washington during the course of a month of flooding in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?
(a) 10 and a half inches.
(b) 12 and three-quarters of an inch.
(c) 19 and a half inches.
(d) 14 and a quarter inches.

5. Where did Harry go to fetch a doctor when Thula went into labor in November of 1924?
(a) Sequim, Washington.
(b) Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Mammoth, California.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Eleanor Holm in 1936?

3. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?

4. On what date does the author say "it began to rain in Seattle as it had never rained before and has never rained since" in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?

5. What was the name of the custom-built sectional boat that Sir Henry Stanley used to search for Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa in 1874?

(see the answer key)

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