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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main event in Chapter 1?

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

3. What confines the men to their tents for days at a time?

4. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How many boats does the ship have? What do the men do to the boats?

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

3. What do the men salvage off the Endurance?

4. The men begin to notice that the ice is affecting the Endurance. What is occurring and how is the Endurance affected?

5. What happens to the Patience Camp ice floe?

6. How does Blackboro join the expedition?

7. What do the men do after they abandon the Endurance?

8. As the men attempts sledging, what does McNeish do? How does Shackleton handle the situation?

9. What are the men like that Shackleton takes with him as the crew?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the trek over the mountains that Shackleton and two crew members take. What obstacles did they face? Why do you think Shackleton chose trekking over the mountains? Would you have made the same choice? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the crew of the Endurance. What are the men like? What skills or experiences do they bring to the expedition? Do you think Shackleton made good choices in the crew members? Is there anyone that you wouldn't include in the crew? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The expedition's ship is named the Endurance. How does this name come to symbolize the events of the expedition? In what ways did the men "endure?" Are there any areas or times in which the men did not "endure?" Use examples from the book to back up your answers.

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