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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Ellipses.
(b) Equipoise.
(c) Posterior.
(d) Elocution.

2. What did the game warden do when he spied Joe Rantz poaching salmon in the beginning of Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?
(a) He shot him in the ankle with a pistol.
(b) He called Joe's father.
(c) He hit him over the head with a piece of driftwood.
(d) He hauled Joe to the county jail.

3. Who was Joe Rantz's music teacher in Sequim?
(a) Miss Flatebo.
(b) Miss Willis.
(c) Miss Stanley.
(d) Miss Paul.

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

5. What was Joe Rantz's mother's maiden name?
(a) Marie Anderson.
(b) Sarah Smith.
(c) Thula Maxwell.
(d) Nellie Maxwell.

6. What word from the narrative refers to a boat race?
(a) Rampart.
(b) Regatta.
(c) Sculler.
(d) Intaglio.

7. On what date does the author begin his narrative in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) December 14, 1933.
(b) October 9, 1933.
(c) July 1, 1933.
(d) March 12, 1933.

8. On what date was Joe Rantz born?
(a) October 9, 1918.
(b) March 4, 1909.
(c) July 1, 1933.
(d) March 31, 1914.

9. In what year did Ed Leader leave the University of Washington's rowing program to coach at Yale?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1926.

10. 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?
(a) 10 million people.
(b) 4 million people.
(c) 20 million people.
(d) 2 million people.

11. What was the name of the swing band that Roger Morris played with for extra money on the weekends while attending school at the University of Washington?
(a) The Green Keys.
(b) The Blue Lyres.
(c) The White Notes.
(d) The Black-jackets.

12. Who replaced Ed Leader as the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program?
(a) Willis Thompson.
(b) Russell Callow.
(c) Ky Ebright.
(d) Harvey Love.

13. How hold was Joe Rantz when his father and Thula abandoned him in Sequim, Washington?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

14. What was the name of Joseph Goebbels' wife?
(a) Magda Goebbels.
(b) Irina Goebbels.
(c) Sarah Goebbels.
(d) Eleanor Goebbels.

15. When was Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as President of the United States?
(a) ecember 14, 1930.
(b) March 4, 1933.
(c) July 1, 1932.
(d) October 9, 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did George Pocock and his brother Dick first arrive in Vancouver, Canada?

2. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9 means noisy or clamorous?

3. On what date did Joyce Simdar's family home burn to the ground?

4. When was George Pocock born?

5. Who was the coxswain of the varsity boat that raced against the freshmen at the University of Washington in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 6?

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