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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men able to salvage?
(a) Rain buckets
(b) A cannon
(c) Sixteen chickens
(d) Three boats

2. Where did the men camp after abandoning the ship?
(a) A shack about two miles away
(b) A pressure ridge
(c) An ice floe
(d) In a stand of trees nearby

3. Which boat is towed by another?
(a) James Caird
(b) Stancomb Wills
(c) Dudley Docker
(d) Willard Leeds

4. What do the men find that occupies their time?
(a) A deck of cards
(b) A record player
(c) A magazine
(d) A barrel of whiskey

5. What does Shackleton insist must be abandoned?
(a) The heavy cooking items
(b) The three boats
(c) The dogs
(d) Nonessential items

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the men do after they arrive on South Georgia Island?

4. Shackleton and his men suffer from what?

5. Which word best describes the progress across the pack ice?

(see the answer key)

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