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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurs in October 1915?
(a) The men free the ship
(b) Shackleton finally reaches the pole
(c) Shackleton dies
(d) The Endurance begins to take on water

2. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?
(a) None
(b) Two and a half tons
(c) Five tons
(d) One ton

3. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?
(a) 20
(b) 33
(c) 40
(d) 54

4. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?
(a) $5,000
(b) Knighthood
(c) A castle
(d) His own ship

5. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?
(a) Edmund Hillary
(b) Robert F. Scott
(c) Francis Drake
(d) Christopher Columbus

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boats do the men take with them on the sledges?

2. What does the crew realize as they make their way with the sledges?

3. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?

4. What does McNeish do to the three boats?

5. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?

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