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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Paez Vilar become known?
(a) As an intelligent man.
(b) As the foolish man searching for his lost son.
(c) As the only man to go looking for his son.
(d) As the man who has lost his mind.

2. What do these animals mean to the survivors?
(a) They are food.
(b) They are a sign of life and summer coming to the Andes.
(c) They are a sign of disease.
(d) They are enemies.

3. Where is a cross discovered?
(a) Santa Lucia mountain.
(b) Santa Maria mountain.
(c) Santa Helena mountain.
(d) Santa Elena mountain.

4. Why are Parrado, Turcatti, and Canessa selected for the next expedition?
(a) They are the most mentally and physically fit.
(b) They are the most excited about returning home.
(c) They are the weakest.
(d) They have training as Andinists.

5. Who entered first in the plane to sleep at night?
(a) The injured and couples.
(b) Only the women.
(c) The strongest men.
(d) A few men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many more victims had been claimed by this snow?

2. Who is among the last to be found?

3. The excitement of the cross was akin to what for the survivors?

4. When do the four return to the Fairchild?

5. How is the search expanded?

(see the answer key)

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