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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The famous Cape Horn Rollers can get how high?
(a) Ninety feet
(b) One hundred fifty feet
(c) Ten feet
(d) Twenty feet

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

3. Which destination does Shackleton decide to try to reach?
(a) Danger Island
(b) South Georgia Island
(c) Paulett Island
(d) Wild Island

4. Which boat is towed by another?
(a) Dudley Docker
(b) Stancomb Wills
(c) James Caird
(d) Willard Leeds

5. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?
(a) It is more or less permanent
(b) They'll have to walk across it to the pole
(c) The Endurance can break through all but the thickest ice
(d) It will go away the following spring

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose dog team is the last to be killed?

2. Which boat is the most manageable?

3. The crew forms social organizations based on what?

4. Why is one of the dog teams killed?

5. The men are sailing west, but in what direction do they find themselves going?

(see the answer key)

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