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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 19 and a half inches.
(b) 12 and three-quarters of an inch.
(c) 14 and a quarter inches.
(d) 10 and a half inches.

2. What was the name of Bobby Moch's father?
(a) George Moch.
(b) Avery Moch.
(c) Harry Moch.
(d) Gaston Moch.

3. Where did Bobby Moch grow up?
(a) Spokane, Washington.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Berkeley, California.
(d) Montesano, Washington.

4. How far did Roger Morris walk to the University of Washington each day from his parents' home in Fremont?
(a) 16 miles.
(b) 1.5 miles.
(c) 2.5 miles.
(d) 5.5 miles.

5. What crew member for the University of Washington varsity crew in 1936 hailed from Anacortes, Washington, and was an accomplished pianist and athlete?
(a) Wink Winslow.
(b) Don Hume.
(c) Gordy Adam.
(d) Avery Brundage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend of Joe Rantz's was a central figure in one of Daniel James Brown's earlier books, according to the author in the Prologue?

2. In the fourth year of the Great Depression, how many Americans had no job or prospect of finding one, according to the author in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?

3. Whose quotations open almost each chapter of The Boys in the Boat?

4. What was the name of Johnny White's mother?

5. When did Stanford University first compete in the IRA Regatta?

(see the answer key)

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