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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many men go with Shackleton on the escape attempt?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 11

3. What do the men do the first few days after abandoning ship?
(a) Transfer goods off the ship
(b) Sit in depression
(c) Scout for whales
(d) Build a shack

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

5. Which boat gets separated from the others?
(a) James Caird
(b) Dudley Docker
(c) Willard Leeds
(d) Stancomb Wills

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person on shore?

2. About 250 miles from South Georgia Island, a rogue wave breaks what?

3. How big is the beach on the island?

4. The men are sailing west, but in what direction do they find themselves going?

5. What is the most dreaded bit of ocean on the planet?

(see the answer key)

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