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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had snow entered the plane?
(a) An avalanche had pummeled the plane and entered through their makeshift barriers.
(b) The ceiling collapses.
(c) The men had brought it into the plane.
(d) It snows heavily and enters the gaping hole.

2. From what does Echavarren suffer?
(a) A broken leg in many places.
(b) A punctured lung.
(c) An ugly gaping wound.
(d) A cracked skull.

3. How is the search expanded?
(a) To include the surrounding countries.
(b) To include the United States.
(c) To include people on the ground.
(d) To include the Chilean government.

4. How had Numa Tarcatti and Pancho Delgado survived under the snow?
(a) They had warm blankets.
(b) They had a pocket of air to breathe.
(c) They poked holes in the snow to breathe.
(d) They screamed for help.

5. Why does Marcelo feel responsible for their losses?
(a) He hired the plane and pilots.
(b) He had encouraged the others to take the trip.
(c) He crashed the plane.
(d) He told the pilots on which course to fly.

6. What do the concerned and confused family members begin to do?
(a) Arrive in Santiago.
(b) Arrive in Montevideo.
(c) Arrive in Quito.
(d) Call each other.

7. When does section three open?
(a) On the twentieth day of the survivors' struggle.
(b) On the ninth day of the survivors' struggle.
(c) On the fifth day of the survivors' struggle.
(d) On the fifteenth day of the survivors' struggle.

8. From what does Enrique Platero suffer?
(a) A lung infection.
(b) A broken leg in many places.
(c) Broken ribs.
(d) A gaping stomach wound.

9. What revolutionary group was born?
(a) The Tupamaros.
(b) The Tuperwares.
(c) The Ticonderogas.
(d) The Tuiricas.

10. What does Vizintin discover?
(a) The plane may still be functional.
(b) The cockpit radio will no longer work.
(c) A material in the tail's heating system that would make a great insulator from the cold should the radio not work and they were forced to resume the hike.
(d) The cockpit radio will work.

11. To whom do the Strauch sisters pray fervently?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The Virgin of Garabandal.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

12. In what do Madelon (Vilero) Rodriguez and Estela Perez continue to believe?
(a) Their sons.
(b) The Uruguayan Air Force.
(c) Their husbands.
(d) Croiset's visions.

13. What did the school systems in place at that time lack?
(a) Order.
(b) Enough qualified teachers.
(c) Adequate text books.
(d) The religious qualities the parents sought.

14. In 1971, what does the Old Christians rugby team decide to do?
(a) Play a championship game in the United States.
(b) Play a championship game in Equador.
(c) Play a championship game in Chile.
(d) Play a championship game in Argentina.

15. Who owned the plane the team chartered?
(a) The Uruguayan government.
(b) The team captain.
(c) The Chilean government.
(d) The United States government.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is contacted when the air traffic control service lost contact with the Fairchild?

3. What mountains does the refined search area surround?

4. What animals noticed the survivors and dead bodies?

5. Did the pilots have experience flying over the Andes mountains?

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