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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. By April, how large is Patience Camp?
(a) Three miles across
(b) 600 yards across
(c) 200 yards across
(d) A mile in diameter
2. The shortages of food mean that the men have trouble with what?
(a) Seeing visions
(b) Maintaining their body temperature
(c) Killing the dogs
(d) Traveling with the sledges
3. How many boats do the men take with them on the sledges?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
4. How far away is Paulet Island from the Endurance?
(a) 97 miles
(b) 54 miles
(c) 350 miles
(d) 230 miles
5. What do the men find that occupies their time?
(a) A deck of cards
(b) A magazine
(c) A record player
(d) A barrel of whiskey
Short Answer Questions
1. What word best describes the pay for individuals on the voyage?
2. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?
3. Shackleton is told that the Weddell Sea is full of what?
4. How far did the men go with the sledges, of the 200 that they needed to do?
5. Which word best describes the progress across the pack ice?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the men get the gigantic leopard seal?
2. How does Blackboro join the expedition?
3. What do the men salvage off the Endurance?
4. What happens to the Patience Camp ice floe?
5. What do the men do after they realize that the Endurance is trapped in the ice?
6. What does Shackleton decide to do in December? What leads to this decision?
7. How does Shackleton pay for his expedition?
8. How do the men deal with the food shortages?
9. The men begin to notice that the ice is affecting the Endurance. What is occurring and how is the Endurance affected?
10. What pieces of land do the men get relatively close to on the ice floe?
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