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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are the men able to salvage?
(a) Sixteen chickens
(b) A cannon
(c) Rain buckets
(d) Three boats
2. What does McNeish do to the three boats?
(a) Make them more comfortable
(b) Expand them
(c) Paint them
(d) Reinforce them
3. How long had it been since the men had stood on solid ground?
(a) 613 days
(b) 497 days
(c) 569 days
(d) 321 days
4. Mortgaging the expedition means what?
(a) Agreeing to pay back the amount loaned or the ship could be repossessed
(b) Putting up the ship and supplies as collatoral
(c) Selling in advance the rights to whatever commercial exploitation the expedition might produce
(d) Putting the expedition into debt by buying supplies
5. Who is the first person on shore?
(a) Shackleton
(b) Wesley
(c) Leeds
(d) Blackboro
Short Answer Questions
1. Orde-Lees is one day stalked and then pursued by what?
2. What is the third boat named, which is recovered from Ocean Camp?
3. What personal items are salvaged after the first sledging attempt?
4. The shortages of food mean that the men have trouble with what?
5. Where is a known cache of food and supplies?
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