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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What begins to build up around the Endurance that worries the men?
(a) Pressure ridges
(b) Seal bones
(c) Graves
(d) Snow banks

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

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

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

5. The Endurance is designed to sail with what?
(a) Strong winds
(b) Sleet
(c) Ice
(d) Fog

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is a known cache of food and supplies?

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

3. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?

4. What happens toward the end of November?

5. What does the crew realize as they make their way with the sledges?

(see the answer key)

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