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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What resumes as the light returns?
(a) Seal hunting
(b) Thickening ice
(c) Dances
(d) Chicken roasts

2. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?
(a) His own ship
(b) Knighthood
(c) $5,000
(d) A castle

3. Which crew member doesn't fit in with the others?
(a) Phillip
(b) Edmund
(c) Vincent
(d) Andrew

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?

2. Why does Shackleton stop the men from retrieving the three seals that they kill?

3. Who suffers a heart attack?

4. What surrounds the beach on the island?

5. What do the men find that occupies their time?

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