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

2. What occurs in October 1915?
(a) Shackleton dies
(b) The Endurance begins to take on water
(c) The men free the ship
(d) Shackleton finally reaches the pole

3. Who works on the ship's three boats?
(a) Shackleton
(b) McNeish
(c) Daniels
(d) Blackboro

4. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?
(a) Bad weather
(b) Melting ice
(c) Illness
(d) Pressure ridges

5. What does McNeish do to the three boats?
(a) Paint them
(b) Expand them
(c) Reinforce them
(d) Make them more comfortable

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men name the camp they create after trying the sledges for the first time?

2. Mortgaging the expedition means what?

3. Where does Shackleton head for final provisioning?

4. The Endurance gets to within 200 miles of Vahsel Bay by when?

5. What happens toward the end of November?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men deal with the food shortages?

2. What leads the men to take to the boats?

3. Why do the men struggle with getting the sledges across the ice?

4. What do the men do after they realize that the Endurance is trapped in the ice?

5. How does Blackboro join the expedition?

6. What is the experience like for the men as they trek with the sledges?

7. What concerns the men about their camp on the ice floe?

8. What happens as the ship approaches Vahsel Bay?

9. What decision does Shackleton make that baffles the men? Why?

10. What does Shackleton decide to do in December? What leads to this decision?

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