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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the crew do during the months they are trapped?
(a) Carve wooden swords
(b) Swim in the ocean
(c) Work on routine tasks
(d) Hold dances

2. By April, what surrounds Patience Camp?
(a) Leads of open water
(b) Leopard seals
(c) Islets of land
(d) Pressure ridges

3. What causes clashes in the camp?
(a) The progress the men make with the sledges
(b) The various personalities
(c) The lack of food
(d) Whether to stay on the ice floe or not

4. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?
(a) Bay of Fundy
(b) Prudhoe Bay
(c) Vahsel Bay
(d) Lake Superior

5. Whose dog team is the last to be killed?
(a) Leeds
(b) Schwan
(c) Macklin
(d) Blackboro

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pounds of meat does the leopard seal provide?

2. As the men attempt to move with the sledges, who refuses to go on until Shackleton intervenes?

3. In the boats, the men suffer from what?

4. What is the temperature in June?

5. What exception does Shackleton make to the two-pound personal gear rule?

(see the answer key)

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