2. Why does Shackleton stop the men from retrieving the three seals that they kill?
(a) The ice is too dangerous where the seals are
(b) He wants to get them himself
(c) He doesn't want them eating seal meat
(d) A polar bear is not far away

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

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

5. By April, how large is Patience Camp?
(a) 600 yards across
(b) 200 yards across
(c) A mile in diameter
(d) Three miles across

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

7. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?
(a) Pressure ridges
(b) Illness
(c) Melting ice
(d) Bad weather

8. Who works on the ship's three boats?
(a) Blackboro
(b) Shackleton
(c) Daniels
(d) McNeish

9. Where does Shackleton head for final provisioning?
(a) Cape Town
(b) San Francisco
(c) Boston
(d) Buenos Aires

10. Where did the men camp after abandoning the ship?
(a) In a stand of trees nearby
(b) An ice floe
(c) A shack about two miles away
(d) A pressure ridge

11. By April, what surrounds Patience Camp?
(a) Leads of open water
(b) Islets of land
(c) Leopard seals
(d) Pressure ridges

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

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

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

15. When does Shackleton decide to try the sledges again?
(a) March
(b) August
(c) December
(d) June