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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men use as a base for their crude hut?
(a) Rocks
(b) Driftwood
(c) Branches
(d) Beach sand

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

3. Who is one of the men that goes with Shackleton over the mountains?
(a) Crean
(b) McCarthy
(c) McNeish
(d) Vincent

4. About 250 miles from South Georgia Island, a rogue wave breaks what?
(a) The water jug
(b) The rudder
(c) Vincent's arm
(d) The compass

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far do the men have to row to get to the island?

2. How long had it been since the men had sailed away from South Georgia Island on their way to the pole?

3. What does Wild encourage Shackleton to do?

4. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?

5. How long did the trek over the mountain take the men?

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