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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. Who comes across the two hikers?

2. What does the transistor radio say has been found?

3. When the survivors hear rumbling, what do they believe it is?

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

5. Why is it dangerous to fly midday in the Andes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place on December 12th?

2. What do the thirteen survivors do as this section begins?

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

4. What false hope do the survivors experience?

5. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?

6. How is the cross found in the snow discouraging to the parents?

7. How do the survivors react to the Andinists?

8. What happens after the last survivors are rescued?

9. What was happening with the search while Parrado and Canessa hiked?

10. It is surprising to the survivors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The survivors were not evacuated immediately.

Part 1) Why were they not evacuated immediately?

Part 2) How might they have felt about this?

Part 3) How might the rescue crew have felt when approaching the survivors? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The survivors endured great hardships.

Part 1) Describe two of these hardships.

Part 2) How were the survivors affected by these hardships? Why?

Part 3) How were the survivors changed permanently by these hardships? Are you surprised by any of these changes? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

It was not easy for the survivors to slip back into their normal lives.

Part 1) Why might this be difficult? What were their various reactions to returning to normal life?

Part 2) Could one who experiences such trauma ever truly return to a previous lifestyle? Why or why not?

Part 3) Is there any way the survivors can benefit from this experience? Why or why not?

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