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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurs in October 1915?
(a) The Endurance begins to take on water
(b) Shackleton finally reaches the pole
(c) The men free the ship
(d) Shackleton dies

2. Why is one of the dog teams killed?
(a) To stop dog aggression
(b) To conserve food
(c) They are ill
(d) For the men to eat

3. As the men attempt to move with the sledges, who refuses to go on until Shackleton intervenes?
(a) Blackboro
(b) Dudley
(c) Vincent
(d) McNeish

4. What was the name of Shackleton's sailing vessel?
(a) Endurance
(b) Nina
(c) Corriene
(d) Dover

5. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?
(a) Robert F. Scott
(b) Francis Drake
(c) Edmund Hillary
(d) Christopher Columbus

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the pay for individuals on the voyage?

2. What is the temperature in June?

3. How much meat does the crew collect by the end of April?

4. Where does Shackleton sail after Buenos Aires?

5. What quality best describes the men that Shackleton choose for his expedition?

(see the answer key)

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