2. Why did individuals want to be a part of Shackleton's expedition?
(a) Potential adventure and renown
(b) Good wages
(c) Possible treasure
(d) To escape prison

3. Why is one of the dog teams killed?
(a) For the men to eat
(b) To conserve food
(c) They are ill
(d) To stop dog aggression

4. 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

5. Who advises Shackleton at South Georgia Island?
(a) Inuits
(b) Dog sledders
(c) Whalers
(d) Hunters

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

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

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

9. The Endurance is designed to sail with what?
(a) Sleet
(b) Strong winds
(c) Fog
(d) Ice

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

11. What does the crew realize as they make their way with the sledges?
(a) Substantive movement by sledge is simply impossible
(b) They will need to leave the dogs behind
(c) The ice floe they are on is shrinking
(d) They are only five miles from Paulet Island

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

13. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?
(a) Belfast
(b) Santa Maria
(c) Polaris
(d) Argonaut

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

15. What happens on April 9?
(a) The last of the dogs is eaten and the first man dies of starvation
(b) The Patience Camp ice floe cracks and the men launch the boats
(c) The men mutiny and kill Shackleton
(d) The Patience Camp ice floe lands on Paulet Island