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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a combination of severe cold and high altitude cause?
(a) The C-47's delay.
(b) Sickness in the rescue workers.
(c) The destruction of the C-47.
(d) A cancellation of the search.

2. What does Vizintin discover?
(a) The cockpit radio will no longer work.
(b) A material in the tail's heating system that would make a great insulator from the cold should the radio not work and they were forced to resume the hike.
(c) The plane may still be functional.
(d) The cockpit radio will work.

3. What slowly replaced the local love of soccer?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Football.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Rugby.

4. What do the boys do when they come across a paradise of sorts?
(a) They celebrate.
(b) They give thanks to God and rest.
(c) They look for other signs of life.
(d) They hug.

5. To where do the families turn their focus?
(a) The area around the volcano and lake.
(b) The area around Quito.
(c) An area near Santiago.
(d) The area around the top of Mount Helena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the parents hire another plane to take them to Santiago?

2. What animals noticed the survivors and dead bodies?

3. Back in Montevideo, how are the women feeling?

4. What signs of life do the hikers come across?

5. To buoy their spirits, what does Marcelo try to do?

(see the answer key)

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