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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the seal blubber used for?
(a) Tent floors
(b) Cooking
(c) Candles
(d) Bait

2. What does the crew realize as they make their way with the sledges?
(a) They are only five miles from Paulet Island
(b) The ice floe they are on is shrinking
(c) Substantive movement by sledge is simply impossible
(d) They will need to leave the dogs behind

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

4. For what are the dogs used?
(a) Meat
(b) Sledding
(c) Chasing away bears
(d) Hunting seals

5. What word best describes the first camp?
(a) Old
(b) Exciting
(c) Miserable
(d) Warm

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?

2. As the men attempt to move with the sledges, who refuses to go on until Shackleton intervenes?

3. What are the men able to salvage?

4. Which crew member doesn't fit in with the others?

5. Orde-Lees is one day stalked and then pursued by what?

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