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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on December 11th?
(a) The propellers stop turning and the pilot performs an emergency landing.
(b) The plane crashes in the Andes.
(c) The plane searches but does not find the men.
(d) The plane does not take off due to engine problems.

2. How does Croiset feel about the passengers?
(a) He doubts there are survivors.
(b) He believes only the pilots survived.
(c) He believes there are suvivors.
(d) He believes there is one survivor.

3. Back in Montevideo, how are the women feeling?
(a) More impatient with the lack of progress.
(b) Depressed and hopeless.
(c) Content with what is being done.
(d) Angry and hysterical.

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

5. 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 hug.
(d) They look for other signs of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whom does Parrado focus?

2. How does the extreme altitude affect the boys?

3. When does section three open?

4. Why are the survivors looking for more bodies?

5. What does the army commander, Colonel Morel, agree to do?

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