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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the men camp after abandoning the ship?
(a) A pressure ridge
(b) In a stand of trees nearby
(c) An ice floe
(d) A shack about two miles away

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?

2. What word best describes the first camp?

3. Shackleton's second voyage got how close to the pole?

4. What causes clashes in the camp?

5. What do the men find that occupies their time?

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