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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 the men find that occupies their time?
(a) A record player
(b) A barrel of whiskey
(c) A deck of cards
(d) A magazine

2. Which word best describes the progress across the pack ice?
(a) Safe
(b) Difficult
(c) Quick
(d) Exciting

3. What are the men able to salvage?
(a) Rain buckets
(b) A cannon
(c) Sixteen chickens
(d) Three boats

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

5. What happens on April 9?
(a) The Patience Camp ice floe lands on Paulet Island
(b) The Patience Camp ice floe cracks and the men launch the boats
(c) The last of the dogs is eaten and the first man dies of starvation
(d) The men mutiny and kill Shackleton

Short Answer Questions

1. The Endurance is designed to sail with what?

2. By April, how large is Patience Camp?

3. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?

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

5. Who builds a ten-foot high cofferdam in the aft?

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