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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pounds of meat does the leopard seal provide?
(a) 500 pounds
(b) 100 pounds
(c) 5000 pounds
(d) 1000 pounds

2. What is the temperature in June?
(a) -17 degrees Fahrenheit
(b) 45 degrees Fahrenheit
(c) 32 degrees Fahrenheit
(d) 0 degrees Fahrenheit

3. How far did the men go with the sledges, of the 200 that they needed to do?
(a) Nine miles
(b) One hundred miles
(c) One mile
(d) Twenty-five miles

4. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?
(a) Bad weather
(b) Melting ice
(c) Pressure ridges
(d) Illness

5. Shackleton is which of the following?
(a) A whaler
(b) A ship builder
(c) A polar explorer
(d) A doctor

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do the first few days after abandoning ship?

2. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?

3. The shortages of food mean that the men have trouble with what?

4. What do the men name the camp they create after trying the sledges for the first time?

5. Toward the end of March, what land is sighted?

(see the answer key)

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