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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shackleton is which of the following?
(a) A ship builder
(b) A whaler
(c) A doctor
(d) A polar explorer

2. Whose dog team is the last to be killed?
(a) Leeds
(b) Blackboro
(c) Schwan
(d) Macklin

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

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

5. What is ever present in the camps?
(a) Warmth
(b) Boredom
(c) Safety
(d) Excitement

6. What is in the stomach of the leopard seal that is shot?
(a) A squid
(b) A fishing line
(c) A man's hand
(d) 50 undigested fish

7. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?
(a) Their oars
(b) The height of the waves
(c) The motion and direction of the ice
(d) The stars

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

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

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

11. What camp is located almost back to Ocean Camp?
(a) Eternity Camp
(b) Patience Camp
(c) Waiting Camp
(d) Seal Camp

12. After the end of February, at what task does the ship's crew work?
(a) Trying to free the ship from the ice
(b) Reinforcing the ship's walls
(c) Gathering firewood
(d) Burying the dead

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

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

15. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?
(a) Bay of Fundy
(b) Vahsel Bay
(c) Prudhoe Bay
(d) Lake Superior

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?

3. What do the men name the camp they create after trying the sledges for the first time?

4. Who stows away on the ship in order to become a crew member?

5. The Endurance gets to within 200 miles of Vahsel Bay by when?

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