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

2. Who works on the ship's three boats?
(a) Blackboro
(b) McNeish
(c) Daniels
(d) Shackleton

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

4. Shackleton's second voyage got how close to the pole?
(a) 56 miles
(b) 97 miles
(c) 500 miles
(d) 2 miles

5. How far away is Paulet Island from the Endurance?
(a) 350 miles
(b) 97 miles
(c) 230 miles
(d) 54 miles

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Shackleton decide to try the sledges again?

2. Who advises Shackleton at South Georgia Island?

3. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?

4. What personal items are salvaged after the first sledging attempt?

5. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the men struggle with getting the sledges across the ice?

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

3. What pieces of land do the men get relatively close to on the ice floe?

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

5. How do the men get the gigantic leopard seal?

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

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

8. What do the men do after they realize that the Endurance is trapped in the ice?

9. What happens as the ship approaches Vahsel Bay?

10. How does Shackleton pay for his expedition?

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