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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurs in October 1915?
(a) Shackleton dies
(b) The men free the ship
(c) Shackleton finally reaches the pole
(d) The Endurance begins to take on water

2. Where is a known cache of food and supplies?
(a) Danger Island
(b) North Georgia Island
(c) Paulet Island
(d) Francis Bay

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

4. Toward the end of March, what land is sighted?
(a) Danger Islets
(b) Weddell Island
(c) Paulet Island
(d) Patience Islets

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is one of the dog teams killed?

2. Shackleton's second voyage got how close to the pole?

3. What is the seal blubber used for?

4. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?

5. During January, how strong do the winds get?

(see the answer key)

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