2. Mortgaging the expedition means what?
(a) Putting up the ship and supplies as collatoral
(b) Selling in advance the rights to whatever commercial exploitation the expedition might produce
(c) Putting the expedition into debt by buying supplies
(d) Agreeing to pay back the amount loaned or the ship could be repossessed

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

4. What causes clashes in the camp?
(a) The progress the men make with the sledges
(b) Whether to stay on the ice floe or not
(c) The lack of food
(d) The various personalities

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

6. As the men attempt to move with the sledges, who refuses to go on until Shackleton intervenes?
(a) McNeish
(b) Blackboro
(c) Vincent
(d) Dudley

7. What is the temperature in June?
(a) 32 degrees Fahrenheit
(b) 0 degrees Fahrenheit
(c) -17 degrees Fahrenheit
(d) 45 degrees Fahrenheit

8. What does Shackleton insist must be abandoned?
(a) The heavy cooking items
(b) The dogs
(c) Nonessential items
(d) The three boats

9. What do the men do the first few days after abandoning ship?
(a) Transfer goods off the ship
(b) Build a shack
(c) Scout for whales
(d) Sit in depression

10. Shackleton is told that the Weddell Sea is full of what?
(a) Whales
(b) Ice
(c) Bears
(d) Seals

11. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?
(a) Nina
(b) Corriene
(c) Dover
(d) Endurance

12. For what are the dogs used?
(a) Sledding
(b) Hunting seals
(c) Chasing away bears
(d) Meat

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

14. What word best describes the first camp?
(a) Old
(b) Exciting
(c) Warm
(d) Miserable

15. How much personal gear can each man take?
(a) Two pounds
(b) Fifteen pounds
(c) Seven pounds
(d) Ten pounds