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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rations consist of what meat?
(a) Moose
(b) Reindeer
(c) Penguin
(d) Bear

2. How far did the men go with the sledges, of the 200 that they needed to do?
(a) Nine miles
(b) Twenty-five miles
(c) One mile
(d) One hundred miles

3. What does Shackleton acknowledge as the men try to make it across the pack ice?
(a) They need to use the dog sleds
(b) He is dying of hypothermia
(c) They have to abondon most of their food to lighten the sledge
(d) Progress by sledge is all but impossible

4. How many pounds of meat does the leopard seal provide?
(a) 5000 pounds
(b) 500 pounds
(c) 1000 pounds
(d) 100 pounds

5. What is the second camp called?
(a) Frozen Ice Camp
(b) Eternity Camp
(c) Mark Time Camp
(d) Waiting Camp

6. How many boats do the men take with them on the sledges?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) One
(d) None

7. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?
(a) Cuba
(b) Halifax
(c) Cape Town
(d) South Georgia Island

8. What personal items are salvaged after the first sledging attempt?
(a) Boots
(b) Paintings
(c) Photographic equipment
(d) Carved masks

9. What begins to build up around the Endurance that worries the men?
(a) Seal bones
(b) Snow banks
(c) Graves
(d) Pressure ridges

10. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?
(a) 20
(b) 40
(c) 54
(d) 33

11. Why does Shackleton move the food stores near his tent?
(a) To get first choice
(b) To protect it from bears
(c) To assert his leadership
(d) To prevent theft

12. The shortages of food mean that the men have trouble with what?
(a) Killing the dogs
(b) Maintaining their body temperature
(c) Seeing visions
(d) Traveling with the sledges

13. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?
(a) One ton
(b) Five tons
(c) Two and a half tons
(d) None

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

15. What word best describes the pay for individuals on the voyage?
(a) Miserly
(b) Abundant
(c) Average
(d) Promising

Short Answer Questions

1. Orde-Lees is one day stalked and then pursued by what?

2. Clarence Island is how many miles north of Patience Camp

3. Where did the men camp after abandoning the ship?

4. What do the men do the first few days after abandoning ship?

5. What is the temperature in June?

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