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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Shackleton move the food stores near his tent?
(a) To get first choice
(b) To assert his leadership
(c) To prevent theft
(d) To protect it from bears

2. How far are the men from Paulet Island?
(a) 10 miles
(b) 100 miles
(c) 350 miles
(d) 500 miles

3. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?
(a) Illness
(b) Pressure ridges
(c) Bad weather
(d) Melting ice

4. How far did the men go with the sledges, of the 200 that they needed to do?
(a) Nine miles
(b) One mile
(c) One hundred miles
(d) Twenty-five miles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By April, what surrounds Patience Camp?

2. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?

3. By April, how large is Patience Camp?

4. What is the third boat named, which is recovered from Ocean Camp?

5. How many pounds of meat does the leopard seal provide?

(see the answer key)

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