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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who took turns sleeping in the exposed area near the opening?
(a) The weak and sick.
(b) The couples.
(c) The injured.
(d) The strongest among the survivors.

3. How do the parents of the rugby players feel about the government calling off the search after so little effort?
(a) Worried.
(b) Not surprised.
(c) Appalled.
(d) Relieved.

4. Who entered first in the plane to sleep at night?
(a) The strongest men.
(b) The injured and couples.
(c) Only the women.
(d) A few men.

5. How does Ponce de Leon help the families?
(a) He calls his friends in the United States.
(b) He uses his radio to shuttle information between the families and officials.
(c) He uses his clairvoyant visions to find the plane.
(d) He contacts the Air Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Air Force do to the parents?

2. How does Paez Vilar become known?

3. What is the only way to improve visibility?

4. In 1971, what does the Old Christians rugby team decide to do?

5. What does the record amount of snowfall in the Andes mountains do to the SAR's search?

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