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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. By April, what surrounds Patience Camp?
(a) Pressure ridges
(b) Leads of open water
(c) Islets of land
(d) Leopard seals
2. Where did the men camp after abandoning the ship?
(a) A shack about two miles away
(b) A pressure ridge
(c) In a stand of trees nearby
(d) An ice floe
3. What game do the men play in camp?
(a) Euchre
(b) Golf
(c) Bridge
(d) Uno
4. How old is Shackleton at the start of the third voyage?
(a) 33
(b) 54
(c) 40
(d) 20
5. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?
(a) Robert F. Scott
(b) Christopher Columbus
(c) Edmund Hillary
(d) Francis Drake
6. How much personal gear can each man take?
(a) Two pounds
(b) Fifteen pounds
(c) Seven pounds
(d) Ten pounds
7. What camp is located almost back to Ocean Camp?
(a) Patience Camp
(b) Eternity Camp
(c) Waiting Camp
(d) Seal Camp
8. Where does Shackleton head for final provisioning?
(a) Cape Town
(b) Buenos Aires
(c) Boston
(d) San Francisco
9. How many boats do the men take with them on the sledges?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) None
10. Shackleton is which of the following?
(a) A polar explorer
(b) A whaler
(c) A doctor
(d) A ship builder
11. What are the men dependent on while they are on the pack ice?
(a) The height of the waves
(b) The stars
(c) Their oars
(d) The motion and direction of the ice
12. Shackleton's second voyage got how close to the pole?
(a) 500 miles
(b) 97 miles
(c) 56 miles
(d) 2 miles
13. Who advises Shackleton at South Georgia Island?
(a) Inuits
(b) Whalers
(c) Dog sledders
(d) Hunters
14. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?
(a) Polaris
(b) Belfast
(c) Argonaut
(d) Santa Maria
15. What does the crew realize as they make their way with the sledges?
(a) They are only five miles from Paulet Island
(b) Substantive movement by sledge is simply impossible
(c) They will need to leave the dogs behind
(d) The ice floe they are on is shrinking
Short Answer Questions
1. Toward the end of March, what land is sighted?
2. What do the men find that occupies their time?
3. The Endurance is designed to sail with what?
4. Who works on the ship's three boats?
5. What do the men name the camp they create after trying the sledges for the first time?
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