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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the men politely answer the reporters' questions, what do they do?
(a) They omit nothing.
(b) They omit a few details.
(c) They give all the details.
(d) They give no real answers.

2. While reviewing an aeronautical map of the area, how does Croiset Jr. feel?
(a) Only a couple of men survive.
(b) The pilot had flown too close the mountains and crashed.
(c) There are no survivors.
(d) The copilot, not the pilot, had been flying the plane when one of its engines broke down.

3. How do the men go to bed feeling?
(a) Worried about their friends still in the plane.
(b) Nervous about seeing their families.
(c) Frustrated that they cannot leave now.
(d) Excited at the prospect of a helicopter's arrival in the morning.

4. How do the survivors feel when Vizintin comes sliding back to camp?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Scared.
(c) Worried.
(d) Angry.

5. How does the extreme altitude affect the boys?
(a) It wears on their bodies and exhausts them.
(b) It forces them to turn around.
(c) It makes it easier to breathe.
(d) It ends their hike.

Short Answer Questions

1. On December 11th, what do the parents do?

2. How far are Canessa and Parrado from the nearest town called San Fernando?

3. When does the SAR send a few planes searching in a specified area?

4. On what does the search focus?

5. It had taken Parrado and Canessa ten days to reach the cattle post, and it took the helicopters how long to get to the plane?

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