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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the record amount of snowfall in the Andes mountains do to the SAR's search?
(a) It ends it completely.
(b) It pushes it back from January to February.
(c) It causes it to begin early.
(d) It pushes it back from February to March.

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

3. What do the parents agree to do with this information?
(a) Begin their own search.
(b) Ignore it.
(c) Bring it to the attention of the Uruguayan Air Force.
(d) Share it with another clairvoyant.

4. What had the men rigged?
(a) A walkie-talkie.
(b) The cockpit radio.
(c) A transistor radio.
(d) A telephone.

5. What else do these women still believe?
(a) Their sons are dead.
(b) God will save their children.
(c) Their sons are alive.
(d) The Uruguayan government will find the plane.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. From whom did Uruguay fight for its independence from its neighbors?

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

5. Who comforts Marcelo?

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