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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shackleton do the first night after they leave Elephant Island?
(a) Fish off the side of the boat
(b) Cries
(c) Discuss the situation with Worsley
(d) Turns around and goes back

2. What do the men use as a base for their crude hut?
(a) Rocks
(b) Branches
(c) Driftwood
(d) Beach sand

3. Shackleton and his men suffer from what?
(a) Tropical fever
(b) Ringworm
(c) Influenza
(d) Trench foot

4. What is the camp on Elephant Island known as?
(a) Wild Camp
(b) Stranded Camp
(c) Ocean Camp II
(d) Rocky Camp

5. What do the men do after they arrive on South Georgia Island?
(a) Create a hut
(b) Find a brook and drink
(c) Kill a seal for food
(d) Wash their clothes in a stream

6. What does Shackleton decide to do once the new camp is established?
(a) Build a signal fire
(b) Try to reach South America in the boats
(c) Take some men in one of the boats and try to get to civilization
(d) Wait for rescue

7. Why is Elephant Island named what it is?
(a) The beach is shaped like an elephant's ear
(b) One of the rocky cliffs is shaped like an elephant's trunk
(c) The first person there liked elephants
(d) For the elephant seals living there

8. As the men approach the island, what are the wind speeds?
(a) 100 miles an hour
(b) 5 miles an hour
(c) 70 miles an hour
(d) 25 miles an hour

9. What happens to Blackboro?
(a) His feet freeze
(b) He falls overboard
(c) Another man kills him
(d) He dies of starvation

10. How far do Shackleton and the men have to travel in the boat to reach their chosen destination for rescue?
(a) 500 miles
(b) 1300 miles
(c) 100 miles
(d) 800 miles

11. How far do the men have to row to get to the island?
(a) Twenty miles
(b) Two miles
(c) Seven miles
(d) Fifteen miles

12. About how long are the boats?
(a) Twelve feet
(b) Six feet
(c) Twenty-two feet
(d) Forty feet

13. What do the men realize on their first morning on the island?
(a) A village is on the other side of the island
(b) The high-water mark is well above the level of the flat area
(c) The ocean is turning to ice around them
(d) There is no fresh water on the island

14. Which boat is the most manageable?
(a) James Caird
(b) Willard Leeds
(c) Stancomb Wills
(d) Dudley Docker

15. What do the men wrap around the hut to keep it warmer?
(a) Seal hides
(b) Canvas
(c) Leather
(d) Ice

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blackboro lose?

2. How far does the boat travel in the first six days?

3. Where do the men spend the first night?

4. How do the men warm their hands from the trip to the new camp?

5. The famous Cape Horn Rollers can get how high?

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