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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some of the other parents pledge their help?
(a) Because they still hold out hope that their sons are alive.
(b) Because they would feel guilty doing otherwise.
(c) Because they wanted to know what had happened to the plane.
(d) Because they cannot think of what else to do.

2. What do the survivors do to get fresh air into the plane?
(a) They break off the roof.
(b) They use the oxygen tanks.
(c) They used a metal rod to puncture the snow outside.
(d) They go out the back of the plane.

3. What animals noticed the survivors and dead bodies?
(a) The rats.
(b) The condors.
(c) The eagles.
(d) The bears.

4. Who is the only surviving woman?
(a) Mariela Fernandez.
(b) Analisia Marco.
(c) Raquel Welsh.
(d) Liliana Methol.

5. What revolutionary group was born?
(a) The Ticonderogas.
(b) The Tuperwares.
(c) The Tuiricas.
(d) The Tupamaros.

6. On what does the search focus?
(a) The path of the plane.
(b) The pilot's comments about seeing Curico.
(c) The Chilean border.
(d) The volcano of Tinguiririca.

7. To buoy their spirits, what does Marcelo try to do?
(a) Encourage group prayer.
(b) Force them to be happy.
(c) Threaten them.
(d) Remain upbeat.

8. What does this man say to the family members?
(a) It is unlikely there are survivors but he grants their request.
(b) It is likely there are survivors but he does not grant their request.
(c) It is likely there are survivors and he grants their request.
(d) it is unlikely there are survivors and does not grant their request.

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

10. Why does Marcelo feel responsible for their losses?
(a) He hired the plane and pilots.
(b) He had encouraged the others to take the trip.
(c) He crashed the plane.
(d) He told the pilots on which course to fly.

11. From what does Enrique Platero suffer?
(a) A lung infection.
(b) A broken leg in many places.
(c) A gaping stomach wound.
(d) Broken ribs.

12. The radio team heard news that the search would be resumed by the Uruguayan Air Force. What does this information bring?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Mixed emotions.
(c) Worry.
(d) Happiness.

13. What did the school systems in place at that time lack?
(a) The religious qualities the parents sought.
(b) Enough qualified teachers.
(c) Adequate text books.
(d) Order.

14. How many more victims had been claimed by this snow?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

15. When does summer begin in the Andes?
(a) June 15th.
(b) January 15th.
(c) November 15th.
(d) December 15th.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does Echavarren suffer?

2. Why are they forced to eat the bodies that had recently died and remained in the cabin?

3. What is Canessa's opinion about hiking?

4. What else do these women still believe?

5. Who spurred on the expedition team so they could make it back to the Fairchild?

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