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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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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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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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Amundsen sailed 100 kilometres ____________ to the Pole than Scott, giving him an advantage from the start
closer Line 35: 'Amundsen sailed 100 kilometres closer to the Pole than Scott did.'
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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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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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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 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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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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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 search party recovered Scott's diary along with excellent photographs and ____________ to take back to England.
letters Lines 87-88: 'letters to take back to England'
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