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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who works on the ship's three boats?
(a) Blackboro
(b) Daniels
(c) Shackleton
(d) McNeish

2. After the end of February, at what task does the ship's crew work?
(a) Burying the dead
(b) Gathering firewood
(c) Trying to free the ship from the ice
(d) Reinforcing the ship's walls

3. Clarence Island is how many miles north of Patience Camp
(a) 5
(b) 234
(c) 68
(d) 100

4. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?
(a) The motion and direction of the ice
(b) The stars
(c) Their oars
(d) The height of the waves

5. As the men approach the island, what are the wind speeds?
(a) 5 miles an hour
(b) 100 miles an hour
(c) 25 miles an hour
(d) 70 miles an hour

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shoots the first dog team to be killed?

2. How far are the men from Paulet Island?

3. Why does Shackleton stop the men from retrieving the three seals that they kill?

4. Why does Shackleton move the food stores near his tent?

5. How many nautical miles do the men travel in the boats?

(see the answer key)

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