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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what are the dogs used?
(a) Chasing away bears
(b) Sledding
(c) Hunting seals
(d) Meat

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

4. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?
(a) It will go away the following spring
(b) The Endurance can break through all but the thickest ice
(c) They'll have to walk across it to the pole
(d) It is more or less permanent

5. What is the seal blubber used for?
(a) Cooking
(b) Candles
(c) Bait
(d) Tent floors

Short Answer Questions

1. What exception does Shackleton make to the two-pound personal gear rule?

2. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?

3. Where did the men camp after abandoning the ship?

4. Clarence Island is how many miles north of Patience Camp

5. Which crew member doesn't fit in with the others?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns the men about their camp on the ice floe?

2. How many boats does the ship have? What do the men do to the boats?

3. What happens as the ship approaches Vahsel Bay?

4. How does Blackboro join the expedition?

5. What is the weather like while the Endurance is trapped in the ice?

6. How does Shackleton pay for his expedition?

7. What are the men like that Shackleton takes with him as the crew?

8. What decision does Shackleton make that baffles the men? Why?

9. What initial plan do the men make to put themselves in a better position?

10. What happens to the Patience Camp ice floe?

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