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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why has Dr. Canessa not yet returned to Montevideo?

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

4. On what day are the survivors reunited with each other and with their families?

5. Whose body is placed on reserve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What searches take place the next morning?

2. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

3. How do the men cross the river?

4. When do Canessa and Parrado first encounter another human being?

5. What happens after the last survivors are rescued?

6. What does the minor's story confirm? What is done with this information?

7. What takes place on December 23rd?

8. How do Canessa and Parrado feel when they awake?

9. What do the survivors do when the first eight are flown away?

10. How do the survivors react to the Andinists?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The final trek is successful.

Part 1) Describe this trek. Why is it successful?

Part 2) What would have been the survivors' outcome if the trek had not been successful? How do you know this?

Part 3) Would the survivors have given up, if the trek had not been successful? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Eight survivors are flown away first.

Part 1) Why are only eight flown away first? How are they chosen?

Part 2) Should the eight have been chosen this way? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might this have affected the others? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The survivors left behind when the first eight were evacuated talked and ate with the Andinists.

Part 1) What did they share with each other?

Part 2) Why did they share this information? What might have been the reaction of the Andinists to their stories? Why?

Part 3) How does this reaction lead to future events?

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