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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Can airplanes be flown low in the mountain range?
(a) Maybe.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Sometimes.

2. What do the parents agree to do with this information?
(a) Bring it to the attention of the Uruguayan Air Force.
(b) Begin their own search.
(c) Ignore it.
(d) Share it with another clairvoyant.

3. What do the survivors do to get fresh air into the plane?
(a) They used a metal rod to puncture the snow outside.
(b) They go out the back of the plane.
(c) They break off the roof.
(d) They use the oxygen tanks.

4. Who spurred on the expedition team so they could make it back to the Fairchild?
(a) Canessa.
(b) Turcatti.
(c) Vizintin.
(d) Parrado.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some of the other parents pledge their help?

2. What is discovered back at the Fairchild?

3. When do the four return to the Fairchild?

4. To buoy their spirits, what does Marcelo try to do?

5. Who owned the plane the team chartered?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Marcelo Perez and Daniel Fernandez feel about their friends? What do they do to help their friends?

2. How do the survivors feel about the search being resumed?

3. What are Canessa and Parrado trying to fix?

4. What do the family members do once they reach Santiago?

5. How does Ponce de Leon help the families of those lost in the Andes?

6. Describe the plane they chartered and the course which it was to take.

7. What information does Croiset Jr. give the parents?

8. What are the effects of a second avalanche?

9. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

10. What does Paez Vilaro do to search for the missing plane?

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