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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3 refers to an even balance or distribution of weight?
(a) Equipoise.
(b) Elocution.
(c) Ellipses.
(d) Posterior.

2. In what country was George Pocock born?
(a) The United States.
(b) Belgium.
(c) The Republic of Ireland.
(d) Great Britain.

3. What is the Olympic standard distance for all rowing events?
(a) 500 meters.
(b) 2,500 meters.
(c) 2,000 meters.
(d) 1,000 meters.

4. Who was the first person to cross the United States by motor vehicle, traveling by motorcycle from San Francisco to New York?
(a) Angus Hay Jr.
(b) Roger Morris.
(c) George A. Wyman.
(d) Tom Bolles.

5. When was George Pocock born?
(a) March 23, 1891.
(b) December 14, 1895.
(c) October 9, 1900.
(d) March 31, 1914.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From where did Joe Rantz's parents move to Spokane after they married?

3. Who was the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program in 1933?

4. What term refers to a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides?

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?

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