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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Dr. Canessa not yet returned to Montevideo?
(a) He has stopped by the store.
(b) He has stoppped at a friend's house.
(c) He has been delayed at the airport.
(d) He has been out to lunch.

2. Do the helicopters evacuate the survivors immediately?
(a) No.
(b) A few.
(c) Yes.
(d) Some.

3. How are the carabineers prepared to retrieve survivors?
(a) By boat.
(b) By helicopter.
(c) By plane.
(d) By foot.

4. What do the others do, while Canessa and Parrado are hiking?
(a) Sleep
(b) Complain.
(c) Try to stay alive.
(d) Eat.

5. The families oscillated between what?
(a) Having faith and having shaky faith.
(b) Holding onto hope and giving up.
(c) Giving up slightly and giving up completely.
(d) Believing there were some survivors and there were no survivors.

6. Is Dr. Canessa fortunate?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Yes.

7. What do the survivors discover when listening to the radio?
(a) The search has begun again.
(b) A cross has been found.
(c) Two of the Fairchild's passengers have walked out of the Andes.
(d) The search has, once again, been cancelled.

8. What is one of the men's concerns?
(a) The hikers will not be found.
(b) The survivors will not last the night.
(c) The rescue crew will not be able to find them.
(d) Another avalanche.

9. Why are the pilots of the broken-down C-47 also disappointed?
(a) They had both flown the Fairchild.
(b) They worry about the survivors.
(c) They feel upset for the parents.
(d) They were friends with the Fairchild's pilot and co-pilot.

10. Is it easy to slip back into the lives the men had left behind?
(a) No.
(b) At times.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) Yes.

11. What arrives on December 12th?
(a) Funding for the search for the survivors.
(b) The location of the Fairchild.
(c) Gifts for the survivors.
(d) A C-47 plane promised by the Uruguayan Air Force.

12. How many survivors are flown to San Fernando?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

13. Why does Paez Vilaro think he gets detained by the international police?
(a) Because of the puppy.
(b) Because he has lost his ticket.
(c) Because he does not have a passport.
(d) Because they found the plane.

14. After the first eight survivors had flown away, what do the the rest of the crash survivors do?
(a) Watch the plane fly away.
(b) Complain that they were not taken away.
(c) Play games in the snow.
(d) Return to the Fairchild.

15. What does the army commander, Colonel Morel, agree to do?
(a) Find the plane.
(b) Contact other neighboring countries for support.
(c) Send a patrol to the area where the footprints were reported.
(d) End the search.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is special about Wednesday, December 20th?

2. To where are the majority of the survivors then moved to celebrate the Christmas holiday?

3. What do the survivors believe this find to be?

4. Who does Paez run to meet in San Fernando?

5. How do the survivors go about their daily chores?

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