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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who stows away on the ship in order to become a crew member?
(a) Francis Drake
(b) Edmund Randolph
(c) Blackboro
(d) Hopper

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

5. Which boat is left behind when the men try sledging?
(a) Stancomb Wills
(b) James Caird
(c) Dudley Docker
(d) John Wesley

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word best describes the pay for individuals on the voyage?

3. Who gives funds to Shackleton's expedition

4. What happens on April 9?

5. What is the temperature in June?

(see the answer key)

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