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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Rations consist of what meat?
(a) Penguin
(b) Bear
(c) Reindeer
(d) Moose

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

4. Clarence Island is how many miles north of Patience Camp
(a) 234
(b) 100
(c) 68
(d) 5

5. How far are the men from Paulet Island?
(a) 100 miles
(b) 350 miles
(c) 500 miles
(d) 10 miles

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

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

8. What occurs in October 1915?
(a) Shackleton dies
(b) The Endurance begins to take on water
(c) Shackleton finally reaches the pole
(d) The men free the ship

9. How many pounds of meat does the leopard seal provide?
(a) 5000 pounds
(b) 500 pounds
(c) 100 pounds
(d) 1000 pounds

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

11. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?
(a) Francis Drake
(b) Robert F. Scott
(c) Edmund Hillary
(d) Christopher Columbus

12. Why does Shackleton move the food stores near his tent?
(a) To get first choice
(b) To assert his leadership
(c) To protect it from bears
(d) To prevent theft

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

14. Who gives funds to Shackleton's expedition
(a) Teddy Roosevelt
(b) Dudley Docker
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Edmund Hillary

15. Which crew member doesn't fit in with the others?
(a) Phillip
(b) Vincent
(c) Edmund
(d) Andrew

Short Answer Questions

1. Who works on the ship's three boats?

2. For what are the dogs used?

3. What game do the men play in camp?

4. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?

5. Shackleton is told that the Weddell Sea is full of what?

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