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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 did Joyce do after turning off the radio when the Americans won the men's eights at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) She called Joe.
(b) She called her father.
(c) She made sandwiches.
(d) She called her mother.

2. How many of Eleanor Holm's fellow athletes signed a petition to have her reinstated in the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) About 50.
(b) Over 200.
(c) Over 300.
(d) Less than 5.

3. Who was the coach of the U.S. women's swimming team that expelled Eleanor Holm from the Olympic team due to her drinking in 1936?
(a) Gordy Adam.
(b) Vic Krulak.
(c) Avery Brundage.
(d) Wink Winslow.

4. What rowing crew at the 1936 Olympics was comprised entirely of police officers?
(a) The Australians.
(b) The British.
(c) The French.
(d) The Germans.

5. What business had Johnny White's father run until the financial crash of 1929?
(a) A Las Vegas casino.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A logging company.
(d) A scrap steel export business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the twenty-two-year-old heavyweight boxer from Detroit that rose to prominence against Max Schmeling in 1936?

2. What crews were the University of Washington boys assigned to race for their preliminary regatta at the 1936 Olympics?

3. What is the name of the lake where the Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events were held in the 1936 Olympics?

4. Who was the stroke man for Penn State at the 1936 Olympic trials?

5. Who was the coxswain for the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Al Ulbrickson differ from George Pocock in how he addressed the University of Washington crew during the Olympic training session in 1936? Whose coaching strategies proved the strongest?

2. What position did Joe Rantz take at the Grand Coulee Dam site in the summer after his sophomore year at the University of Washington? How much did the job pay?

3. How does the author describe the regatta at Poughkeepsie in 1935? How did the University of Washington perform?

4. How was the necessary money raised for the crew from the University of Washington to attend the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin?

5. Why was the 1936 regatta against the University of California at Berkeley significant for Joe Rantz? How did the University of Washington perform in the race?

6. How and why was the 1936 invasion by the Nazis into Rhineland significant to Adolf Hitler's cause and objectives?

7. What conflicts arose in the U.S. and other countries regarding Germany hosting the 1936 Summer Olympics? How were these conflicts resolved?

8. Where did Joe Rantz live while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site? How is this setting described?

9. What concerns did Al Ulbrickson express about the regatta course for the 1936 Summer Olympics? How was the matter resolved?

10. Whom did Joe Rantz befriend while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site? How are these individuals described by the author?

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