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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Ponce de Leon's radio utilized?
(a) To contact the president of Uruguay.
(b) To make necessary arrangements for the parents and the planes.
(c) To contact the survivors.
(d) To find the hikers.

2. When do the four return to the Fairchild?
(a) When an avalanche buries the tail of the plane.
(b) When they decide to take the luggage back to the plane.
(c) When they become hungry.
(d) When it becomes apparent that no amount of tinkering could produce a working two-way radio.

3. Why do tensions rise?
(a) The radio is not an easy task and various survivors have different views on rationing food and productivity.
(b) The survivors are tired of one another.
(c) The survivors are all dying.
(d) The survivors do not want to go on.

4. Back in Montevideo, how are the women feeling?
(a) More impatient with the lack of progress.
(b) Content with what is being done.
(c) Angry and hysterical.
(d) Depressed and hopeless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As what is Gerard Croiset well known?

2. Who spurred on the expedition team so they could make it back to the Fairchild?

3. Even if the plane is not buried in snow, why would it still be hard to see?

4. Was the information from Ponce de Leon accurate?

5. What do the concerned and confused family members begin to do?

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