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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. Which word best describes the progress across the pack ice?
2. What is ever present in the camps?
3. What do the men do the first few days after abandoning ship?
4. Shackleton's second voyage earns him what?
5. What does the crew do during the months they are trapped?
Short Essay Questions
1. What experience does Shackleton have as an explorer?
2. What concerns the men about their camp on the ice floe?
3. How is the Endurance designed for a polar expedition?
4. What happens to the Patience Camp ice floe?
5. The men begin to notice that the ice is affecting the Endurance. What is occurring and how is the Endurance affected?
6. How do the men get the gigantic leopard seal?
7. What initial plan do the men make to put themselves in a better position?
8. What happens as the ship approaches Vahsel Bay?
9. What do the men salvage off the Endurance?
10. How does Blackboro join the expedition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify three characteristics of a leader. Do you think Shackleton exhibits these characteristics? Use examples from the book to show that Shackleton either does or does not exhibit the characteristics.
Essay Topic 2
The crew faced a number of dangers together as well as living in close quarters. How did the crew get along with each other? What problems did they have? How were these problems overcome? Do you think that the crew's relationships with each other helped or hindered the expedition and the events that followed?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Shackleton's personality. What kind of leader is he? How do you think his leadership skills and personality contributed to the situations that the men found themselves in throughout the book? Do you think he is a effective or ineffective leader?
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