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

2. What does the crew do during the months they are trapped?
(a) Swim in the ocean
(b) Hold dances
(c) Work on routine tasks
(d) Carve wooden swords

3. Mortgaging the expedition means what?
(a) Selling in advance the rights to whatever commercial exploitation the expedition might produce
(b) Putting up the ship and supplies as collatoral
(c) Putting the expedition into debt by buying supplies
(d) Agreeing to pay back the amount loaned or the ship could be repossessed

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

5. How many boats do the men take with them on the sledges?
(a) None
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) Three

Short Answer Questions

1. Which boat is left behind when the men try sledging?

2. After the end of February, at what task does the ship's crew work?

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

4. What does Shackleton acknowledge as the men try to make it across the pack ice?

5. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is life like in the camps?

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

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

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

5. What do the men do to pass the time on the ice floe?

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

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

8. How is the Endurance designed for a polar expedition?

9. How does Blackboro join the expedition?

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

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