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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?
(a) The Endurance can break through all but the thickest ice
(b) They'll have to walk across it to the pole
(c) It will go away the following spring
(d) It is more or less permanent

2. Which crew member doesn't fit in with the others?
(a) Phillip
(b) Edmund
(c) Andrew
(d) Vincent

3. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?
(a) Nina
(b) Dover
(c) Endurance
(d) Corriene

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

5. Where is a known cache of food and supplies?
(a) North Georgia Island
(b) Francis Bay
(c) Paulet Island
(d) Danger Island

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?

2. What game do the men play in camp?

3. Mortgaging the expedition means what?

4. Shackleton is which of the following?

5. How much personal gear can each man take?

(see the answer key)

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