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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose dog team is the last to be killed?
(a) Leeds
(b) Macklin
(c) Schwan
(d) Blackboro

2. What does McNeish do to the three boats?
(a) Make them more comfortable
(b) Reinforce them
(c) Expand them
(d) Paint them

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

4. Orde-Lees is one day stalked and then pursued by what?
(a) Leopard Seal
(b) Penguin
(c) Walrus
(d) Polar Bear

5. Who builds a ten-foot high cofferdam in the aft?
(a) Edmund
(b) Vincent
(c) Blackboro
(d) McNeish

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The crew forms social organizations based on what?

3. By April, what surrounds Patience Camp?

4. What happens on April 9?

5. When does Shackleton decide to try the sledges again?

(see the answer key)

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