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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the men name the camp they create after trying the sledges for the first time?
(a) Death Camp
(b) Endurance Camp
(c) Misery Camp
(d) Ocean Camp

3. What begins to build up around the Endurance that worries the men?
(a) Seal bones
(b) Pressure ridges
(c) Graves
(d) Snow banks

4. Shackleton is which of the following?
(a) A whaler
(b) A polar explorer
(c) A ship builder
(d) A doctor

5. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?
(a) Vahsel Bay
(b) Bay of Fundy
(c) Prudhoe Bay
(d) Lake Superior

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boats do the men take with them on the sledges?

2. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?

3. What does Shackleton acknowledge as the men try to make it across the pack ice?

4. Who advises Shackleton at South Georgia Island?

5. Which boat is left behind when the men try sledging?

(see the answer key)

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