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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?
(a) They'll have to walk across it to the pole
(b) It is more or less permanent
(c) It will go away the following spring
(d) The Endurance can break through all but the thickest ice

2. What is in the stomach of the leopard seal that is shot?
(a) A man's hand
(b) A fishing line
(c) A squid
(d) 50 undigested fish

3. Who builds a ten-foot high cofferdam in the aft?
(a) Edmund
(b) Blackboro
(c) Vincent
(d) McNeish

4. Who advises Shackleton at South Georgia Island?
(a) Whalers
(b) Dog sledders
(c) Hunters
(d) Inuits

5. Clarence Island is how many miles north of Patience Camp
(a) 68
(b) 234
(c) 5
(d) 100

Short Answer Questions

1. How much personal gear can each man take?

2. What are the men able to salvage?

3. What personal items are salvaged after the first sledging attempt?

4. What is the main event in Chapter 1?

5. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?

(see the answer key)

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