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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men begin to do?
(a) Complain that they will not be found.
(b) Celebrate their salvation.
(c) Plan another trek out of the Andes.
(d) Prepare to leave the plane.

2. What arrives on December 12th?
(a) The location of the Fairchild.
(b) Gifts for the survivors.
(c) Funding for the search for the survivors.
(d) A C-47 plane promised by the Uruguayan Air Force.

3. Did the pilots have experience flying over the Andes mountains?
(a) Some.
(b) No.
(c) Ferradas did.
(d) Lagurara did.

4. What does Canessa do continuously during the hike?
(a) He thinks about his father.
(b) He thinks about his mother.
(c) He prays to God.
(d) He prays to his patron saint.

5. The following day, after reviewing all available information, what do the commanders do?
(a) Begin a search.
(b) End the search.
(c) Change the focus of the search.
(d) Continue on the same search.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the survivors looking for more bodies?

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

3. Why are Parrado, Turcatti, and Canessa selected for the next expedition?

4. Why do the parents try to locate a peasant miner?

5. What do these animals mean to the survivors?

(see the answer key)

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