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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes clashes in the camp?
(a) The various personalities
(b) Whether to stay on the ice floe or not
(c) The lack of food
(d) The progress the men make with the sledges

2. Which crew member refuses to work?
(a) Orde-Lees
(b) Macon
(c) Blackboro
(d) Wesley

3. What does Shackleton insist must be abandoned?
(a) The three boats
(b) The heavy cooking items
(c) The dogs
(d) Nonessential items

4. Who is the first person on shore?
(a) Shackleton
(b) Wesley
(c) Leeds
(d) Blackboro

5. How fast does the crew estimate their speed to be through the Drake Passage?
(a) 16 knots
(b) Ten knots
(c) Two knots
(d) Five knots

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do after they arrive on South Georgia Island?

2. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?

3. What do the men realize on their first morning on the island?

4. What camp is located almost back to Ocean Camp?

5. Whose navigational skills does Shackleton have to trust in?

(see the answer key)

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