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Scott and his men built their base camp near the ocean's ____________ and spent the winter there.
edge Lines 39-40: 'near the ocean's edge'
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The temperatures Scott's group experienced were often as low as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
NOT GIVEN The passage says minus 40 degrees CELSIUS. Fahrenheit is never mentioned â neither confirmed nor denied.
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Scott wrote his last diary entry on March 21, when the men were twenty kilometres from the One Ton Depot.
FALSE March 21 was when they were 20km away but still alive. Scott wrote his LAST words on March 29.
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magnet
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rocket
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banana
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Despite losing the race to the Pole, Scott became more celebrated as a hero than Amundsen.
TRUE The passage says 'Scott became a hero, but Amundsen did not' â even though Amundsen won.
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Question 1 Robert Scott arrived at the South Pole about a month before Amundsen.
FALSE Scott arrived a month AFTER Amundsen, not before. The word 'before' reverses the fact.
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thief
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star
Double points!
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gift
Win 20 points!
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thief
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heart
Other team wins 10 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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trap
No points!
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gold
Win 50 points!
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shark
Other team loses 20 points!
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thief
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The intense whiteness all around sometimes made the men ____________, and their fingers and toes began to freeze
blind Lines 69-70: 'the whiteness everywhere made them blind'
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Amundsen used ponies as well as dog teams to pull his sleds.
FALSE It was SCOTT who used ponies. Amundsen took only sleds and dog teams.
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One of Scott's major problems was that one man had left his ____________ behind with the supplies.
skis Lines 59-60: 'one man had left his skis behind with some of the supplies'
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When dogs became ____________ during earlier expeditions, explorers killed them for food.
weak Lines 28-29: 'as some dogs became weak, the men killed them for food'
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Scott's main reason for his second expedition was to conduct a scientific study of Antarctica.
FALSE The passage says his stated reason was scientific study, but his REAL goal was to be the first at the Pole.
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When Scott was 260 km from the Pole, sending most men back to base camp was probably his most serious mistake
TRUE The passage calls this 'probably his most serious mistake' with food and fuel for only four people.
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The search party that found the bodies decided to bring them back to England for burial.
FALSE The passage says the search party LEFT the frozen bodies where they found them.
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