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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men do the first few days after abandoning ship?
(a) Scout for whales
(b) Sit in depression
(c) Build a shack
(d) Transfer goods off the ship

2. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?
(a) The height of the waves
(b) Their oars
(c) The motion and direction of the ice
(d) The stars

3. Which crew member refuses to work?
(a) Wesley
(b) Blackboro
(c) Macon
(d) Orde-Lees

4. Who gives funds to Shackleton's expedition
(a) Edmund Hillary
(b) Teddy Roosevelt
(c) Dudley Docker
(d) Benjamin Franklin

5. What are the men able to salvage?
(a) Sixteen chickens
(b) Three boats
(c) Rain buckets
(d) A cannon

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the conditions in the hut?

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

3. Where does Shackleton head for final provisioning?

4. What do the men use as a base for their crude hut?

5. What does Shackleton decide to do once the new camp is established?

(see the answer key)

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