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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How much personal gear can each man take?
(a) Seven pounds
(b) Fifteen pounds
(c) Ten pounds
(d) Two pounds
2. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?
(a) 33
(b) 54
(c) 20
(d) 40
3. Why does Shackleton move the food stores near his tent?
(a) To assert his leadership
(b) To prevent theft
(c) To get first choice
(d) To protect it from bears
4. Who works on the ship's three boats?
(a) Daniels
(b) Shackleton
(c) McNeish
(d) Blackboro
5. What exception does Shackleton make to the two-pound personal gear rule?
(a) A drum
(b) A saxaphone
(c) A banjo
(d) A piano
6. What quality best describes the men that Shackleton choose for his expedition?
(a) Erratic
(b) Cautious
(c) Infirm
(d) Reliable
7. Whose dog team is the last to be killed?
(a) Leeds
(b) Macklin
(c) Schwan
(d) Blackboro
8. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?
(a) Dover
(b) Endurance
(c) Corriene
(d) Nina
9. How far are the men from Paulet Island?
(a) 350 miles
(b) 10 miles
(c) 100 miles
(d) 500 miles
10. What do the men name the camp they create after trying the sledges for the first time?
(a) Death Camp
(b) Endurance Camp
(c) Misery Camp
(d) Ocean Camp
11. Rations consist of what meat?
(a) Moose
(b) Bear
(c) Penguin
(d) Reindeer
12. Toward the end of March, what land is sighted?
(a) Paulet Island
(b) Patience Islets
(c) Weddell Island
(d) Danger Islets
13. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?
(a) Melting ice
(b) Bad weather
(c) Illness
(d) Pressure ridges
14. Why does Shackleton stop the men from retrieving the three seals that they kill?
(a) A polar bear is not far away
(b) The ice is too dangerous where the seals are
(c) He doesn't want them eating seal meat
(d) He wants to get them himself
15. What does the crew do during the months they are trapped?
(a) Hold dances
(b) Swim in the ocean
(c) Work on routine tasks
(d) Carve wooden swords
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Shackleton insist must be abandoned?
2. For what are the dogs used?
3. Which crew member doesn't fit in with the others?
4. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?
5. The crew forms social organizations based on what?
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