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

2. What do the men do after they arrive on South Georgia Island?
(a) Create a hut
(b) Wash their clothes in a stream
(c) Kill a seal for food
(d) Find a brook and drink

3. The men come to realize that what will determine their fate?
(a) God
(b) Shackleton
(c) Their own determination
(d) External elements

4. What do the men discover about the new camp?
(a) It is not big enough for the sledges
(b) There are many seals in the area
(c) The ice is strong and permanent
(d) The ice floe is unstable

5. How far do the men slide down the mountain in order to descend?
(a) 50 feet
(b) 500 feet
(c) 100 feet
(d) 2,000 feet

Short Answer Questions

1. What time do the men reach the town?

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

3. How far away is Paulet Island from the Endurance?

4. What is ever present in the camps?

5. What happens to Blackboro?

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