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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. 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) Agreeing to pay back the amount loaned or the ship could be repossessed
(d) Putting the expedition into debt by buying supplies

2. What does McNeish do to the three boats?
(a) Expand them
(b) Paint them
(c) Make them more comfortable
(d) Reinforce them

3. Why does Shackleton stop the men from retrieving the three seals that they kill?
(a) The ice is too dangerous where the seals are
(b) A polar bear is not far away
(c) He doesn't want them eating seal meat
(d) He wants to get them himself

4. Which boat is left behind when the men try sledging?
(a) James Caird
(b) John Wesley
(c) Dudley Docker
(d) Stancomb Wills

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The men come to realize that what will determine their fate?

2. Toward the end of March, what land is sighted?

3. How far did the men go with the sledges, of the 200 that they needed to do?

4. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?

5. Who works on the ship's three boats?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the men do after they abandon the Endurance?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Shackleton pay for his expedition?

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

9. What happens as the ship approaches Vahsel Bay?

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

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