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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 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?
(a) Angus Hay Jr.
(b) Tom Bolles.
(c) George A. Wyman.
(d) Byron Noble.

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

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

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

5. On what date did Joyce Simdar's family home burn to the ground?
(a) October 9, 1926.
(b) March 4, 1933.
(c) March 11, 1911.
(d) September 29, 1929.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person to cross the United States by motor vehicle, traveling by motorcycle from San Francisco to New York?

2. What was the name of the business where Joe visited his father at work in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9?

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

4. On what date did Al Ulbrickson announce his intention to take crews from the University of Washington to the 1936 Olympic Games?

5. When Al Ulbrickson addressed the sophomore crew members at the University of Washington in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8, he told them they were not to eat what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did George Pocock come to his association with the University of Washington?

2. How does the author describe his first meeting with Joe Rantz in the Prologue of The Boys in the Boat?

3. Where did Joe Rantz go to meet his father in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9? How is this meeting described?

4. How is George Pocock's childhood described in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3? How did Pocock become involved with boats?

5. How was Joe Rantz affected by the death of his mother when he was young?

6. How does the author describe Roger Morris and his family background in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?

7. What is the focus of the narrative in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9? What function does this chapter serve in the plot?

8. How does the author depict the changes in Joe and the other University of Washington crew members after Coach Bolles announced the final selections for the rowing team in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?

9. What were Thula's impressions of the farmhouse by the river that Harry Rantz began building in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 4?

10. How is the theme of "finding value in the discarded" illustrated by the author in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?

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