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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. Why is there little snow on the top of the mountain?
(a) There is too much humidity.
(b) It is too high to snow.
(c) It is wind blown and lacking in humidity.
(d) The air is too thin for snow.

2. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?
(a) Something will go wrong.
(b) Their friends will not make it through the night.
(c) They want the news to travel faster for the sake of their friends still stranded on the Fairchild.
(d) They are worried the news will not get to the plane in time.

3. What is the real reason Paez Vilaro is detained?
(a) They will not let him fly without his passport.
(b) They do not want the puppy on the plane.
(c) They had found the boys hiking and the location of the plane.
(d) They need to find a copy of his ticket.

4. During the night what does Diaz tell the survivors?
(a) Of his adventures in the mountain.
(b) A few stories.
(c) Nothing.
(d) One story about his adventures.

5. What does the next morning bring?
(a) A blizzard.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) A fog bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is a cross discovered?

2. How do the men go to bed feeling?

3. What signs of life do the hikers come across?

4. On whom does Parrado focus?

5. How do the survivors feel when Vizintin comes sliding back to camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the last survivors are rescued?

2. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?

3. How do the survivors react to the Andinists?

4. What searches take place the next morning?

5. On what do Canessa and Parrado focus during their hike?

6. Describe the surprise Parrado and Canessa received the next morning.

7. Why is Paez Vilaro detained by the international police?

8. It is surprising to the survivors?

9. How do the parents feel about the reading of the survivors' names?

10. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

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