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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had snow entered the plane?
(a) It snows heavily and enters the gaping hole.
(b) An avalanche had pummeled the plane and entered through their makeshift barriers.
(c) The men had brought it into the plane.
(d) The ceiling collapses.

2. Canessa and Parrado remained at the Fairchild and attempted to do what?
(a) Move the cockpit toward the rest of the plane.
(b) Fix the transistor radio.
(c) Make the cockpit radio functional.
(d) Make the plane functional.

3. On what does the search focus?
(a) The Chilean border.
(b) The volcano of Tinguiririca.
(c) The path of the plane.
(d) The pilot's comments about seeing Curico.

4. What do these animals mean to the survivors?
(a) They are a sign of disease.
(b) They are enemies.
(c) They are a sign of life and summer coming to the Andes.
(d) They are food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the parents agree to do with this information?

2. How many more victims had been claimed by this snow?

3. Who took turns sleeping in the exposed area near the opening?

4. The following day, after reviewing all available information, what do the commanders do?

5. How is the search expanded?

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