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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What exception does Shackleton make to the two-pound personal gear rule?
(a) A piano
(b) A drum
(c) A saxaphone
(d) A banjo

3. What resumes as the light returns?
(a) Seal hunting
(b) Chicken roasts
(c) Dances
(d) Thickening ice

4. Who stows away on the ship in order to become a crew member?
(a) Edmund Randolph
(b) Francis Drake
(c) Blackboro
(d) Hopper

5. Which boat is left behind when the men try sledging?
(a) John Wesley
(b) James Caird
(c) Dudley Docker
(d) Stancomb Wills

Short Answer Questions

1. The crew forms social organizations based on what?

2. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?

3. What is the temperature in June?

4. Where does Shackleton head for final provisioning?

5. What is the main event in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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