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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality best describes the men that Shackleton choose for his expedition?
(a) Cautious
(b) Reliable
(c) Infirm
(d) Erratic

2. After the end of February, at what task does the ship's crew work?
(a) Trying to free the ship from the ice
(b) Reinforcing the ship's walls
(c) Gathering firewood
(d) Burying the dead

3. Who leads Vincent and McCarthy on the second watch?
(a) McNeish
(b) Shackleton
(c) Worsley
(d) Crean

4. What do Shackleton and the men realize at the top of the first summit they climb?
(a) They will never make the town and should stay at the camp
(b) They will have to jump down
(c) There's no safe way down
(d) They can see the town

5. How far do Shackleton and the men have to travel in the boat to reach their chosen destination for rescue?
(a) 1300 miles
(b) 500 miles
(c) 800 miles
(d) 100 miles

Short Answer Questions

1. What camp is located almost back to Ocean Camp?

2. As the men attempt to move with the sledges, who refuses to go on until Shackleton intervenes?

3. Clarence Island is how many miles north of Patience Camp

4. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?

5. The men find that their final cask of water is tainted with what?

(see the answer key)

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