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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 word best describes the experience of the men in the boat?
(a) Warm
(b) Healthy
(c) Wet
(d) Safe

2. What is the camp on Elephant Island known as?
(a) Rocky Camp
(b) Wild Camp
(c) Stranded Camp
(d) Ocean Camp II

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

4. What is in the stomach of the leopard seal that is shot?
(a) A man's hand
(b) A fishing line
(c) A squid
(d) 50 undigested fish

5. How long did the trek over the mountain take the men?
(a) Twenty-five hours
(b) Twenty hours
(c) Thirty-eight hours
(d) Twelve hours

Short Answer Questions

1. What day do the men land again on South Georgia Island?

2. What do Worsley and Crean do at one point during the trek?

3. The famous Cape Horn Rollers can get how high?

4. How far do the men slide down the mountain in order to descend?

5. About 250 miles from South Georgia Island, a rogue wave breaks what?

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