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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which boat is the most manageable?
(a) Dudley Docker
(b) Willard Leeds
(c) James Caird
(d) Stancomb Wills

2. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?
(a) Their oars
(b) The stars
(c) The motion and direction of the ice
(d) The height of the waves

3. Who works on the ship's three boats?
(a) Shackleton
(b) McNeish
(c) Daniels
(d) Blackboro

4. What is the seal blubber used for?
(a) Tent floors
(b) Cooking
(c) Candles
(d) Bait

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which man is chosen to accompany Shackleton because of his navigation and small-boat abilities?

3. Why does Shackleton move the food stores near his tent?

4. Why does Shackleton take Vincent with him on the rescue attempt?

5. Which boat is left behind when the men try sledging?

(see the answer key)

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