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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men able to salvage?
(a) Sixteen chickens
(b) Three boats
(c) Rain buckets
(d) A cannon

2. What does Shackleton acknowledge as the men try to make it across the pack ice?
(a) He is dying of hypothermia
(b) They need to use the dog sleds
(c) They have to abondon most of their food to lighten the sledge
(d) Progress by sledge is all but impossible

3. What day do the men land again on South Georgia Island?
(a) February 15, 1912
(b) October 27, 1912
(c) May 10, 1916
(d) August 21, 1916

4. When does Shackleton decide to try the sledges again?
(a) March
(b) August
(c) June
(d) December

5. On what day do Shackleton and the five men depart?
(a) April 24
(b) June 16
(c) November 30
(d) September 5

Short Answer Questions

1. Which boat gets separated from the others?

2. How long had it been since the men had sailed away from South Georgia Island on their way to the pole?

3. What happens to Blackboro?

4. What almost overturns the boats when they are first launched?

5. How many men go with Shackleton on the escape attempt?

(see the answer key)

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