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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?
(a) Endurance
(b) Dover
(c) Corriene
(d) Nina

2. The men come to realize that what will determine their fate?
(a) External elements
(b) Shackleton
(c) Their own determination
(d) God

3. By April, what surrounds Patience Camp?
(a) Pressure ridges
(b) Leads of open water
(c) Leopard seals
(d) Islets of land

4. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?
(a) Two and a half tons
(b) Five tons
(c) None
(d) One ton

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second camp called?

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

3. What do the men do the first few days after abandoning ship?

4. What is the main event in Chapter 1?

5. What is the temperature in June?

(see the answer key)

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