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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third boat named, which is recovered from Ocean Camp?
(a) Dancing Sailor
(b) Dogfight Boat
(c) The Red Vessel
(d) Stancomb Wills

2. How far away is Paulet Island from the Endurance?
(a) 97 miles
(b) 54 miles
(c) 230 miles
(d) 350 miles

3. How do the men warm their hands from the trip to the new camp?
(a) In the guts of freshly killed seals
(b) By huddling together
(c) By wrapping them in scarves
(d) In the hot springs near the camp

4. What happens on April 9?
(a) The men mutiny and kill Shackleton
(b) The Patience Camp ice floe cracks and the men launch the boats
(c) The Patience Camp ice floe lands on Paulet Island
(d) The last of the dogs is eaten and the first man dies of starvation

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is one of the dog teams killed?

2. Where did the men camp after abandoning the ship?

3. How fast does the crew estimate their speed to be through the Drake Passage?

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

5. What does Shackleton decide to do once the new camp is established?

(see the answer key)

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