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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By April, how large is Patience Camp?
(a) 200 yards across
(b) A mile in diameter
(c) 600 yards across
(d) Three miles across

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

3. Who gives funds to Shackleton's expedition
(a) Dudley Docker
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Teddy Roosevelt
(d) Edmund Hillary

4. Which boat is towed by another?
(a) Willard Leeds
(b) James Caird
(c) Stancomb Wills
(d) Dudley Docker

5. What happens to Blackboro?
(a) Another man kills him
(b) He dies of starvation
(c) His feet freeze
(d) He falls overboard

Short Answer Questions

1. After the end of February, at what task does the ship's crew work?

2. As the men approach the island, what are the wind speeds?

3. What date is assigned as an improbable return date for Shackleton?

4. Shackleton is told that the Weddell Sea is full of what?

5. Shackleton is which of the following?

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