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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shoots the first dog team to be killed?
(a) Wesley
(b) Leeds
(c) Wild
(d) Shackleton

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

3. By late August, how do the men feel about their chance of rescue?
(a) Cautious
(b) Excited
(c) Expectant
(d) Hopeless

4. Who is left in charge of the remaining crew?
(a) Vincent
(b) McCarthy
(c) Blackboro
(d) Wild

5. What do the men realize on their first morning on the island?
(a) A village is on the other side of the island
(b) The ocean is turning to ice around them
(c) The high-water mark is well above the level of the flat area
(d) There is no fresh water on the island

Short Answer Questions

1. What day do the men land again on South Georgia Island?

2. What is the second camp called?

3. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?

4. What animal is in relative abundance on the island?

5. How far away is Paulet Island from the Endurance?

(see the answer key)

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