Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Alfred Lansing
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Alfred Lansing
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 104 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How many pounds of meat does the leopard seal provide?
(a) 100 pounds
(b) 5000 pounds
(c) 1000 pounds
(d) 500 pounds

2. What exception does Shackleton make to the two-pound personal gear rule?
(a) A saxaphone
(b) A banjo
(c) A drum
(d) A piano

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

4. What do the men name the camp they create after trying the sledges for the first time?
(a) Endurance Camp
(b) Misery Camp
(c) Ocean Camp
(d) Death Camp

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Shackleton is which of the following?

2. What is the third boat named, which is recovered from Ocean Camp?

3. What quality best describes the men that Shackleton choose for his expedition?

4. The Endurance is designed to sail with what?

5. The crew forms social organizations based on what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the men deal with the food shortages?

3. The men begin to notice that the ice is affecting the Endurance. What is occurring and how is the Endurance affected?

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

5. As the men attempts sledging, what does McNeish do? How does Shackleton handle the situation?

6. What leads the men to take to the boats?

7. What is the experience like for the men as they trek with the sledges?

8. What happens as the ship approaches Vahsel Bay?

9. In preparation for the attempted trek to Paulet Island, how do the men prepare?

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

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