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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who entered first in the plane to sleep at night?
(a) The injured and couples.
(b) A few men.
(c) The strongest men.
(d) Only the women.

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

3. Who are the two major political parties?
(a) BIancos and Colorados.
(b) Democrats and Republicans.
(c) Colorados and Coronados.
(d) Blancos and Negros.

4. What is Canessa's opinion about hiking?
(a) They should hike out of the mountains.
(b) He should hike alone back to the Fairchild.
(c) They should not risk their lives hiking again unless all their other options have been exhausted.
(d) They should leave quickly.

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

6. What is the lack of nutrients doing to the survivors' bodies?
(a) Shrinking their waistlines and wrinkling their skin.
(b) Making them delusional.
(c) Killing them off one at a time.
(d) Causing mass panic attacks.

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

8. How had Numa Tarcatti and Pancho Delgado survived under the snow?
(a) They had warm blankets.
(b) They poked holes in the snow to breathe.
(c) They had a pocket of air to breathe.
(d) They screamed for help.

9. Who is among the last to be found?
(a) Roy Harley and Liliana Methol.
(b) Numa Tarcatti and Eduardo Strauch.
(c) Pedro Algorta and Javier Methol.
(d) Liliana Methol. and Pancho Delgado.

10. As a group, how are the survivors becoming?
(a) Uncertain but hopeful.
(b) Positive and upbeat.
(c) Cheerful and hopeful.
(d) Irritable and depressed.

11. What do the men do in Santiago?
(a) They meet with a clairvoyant.
(b) They hire a search team.
(c) They wait for assistance from the military.
(d) They split into teams.

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

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

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

15. For what were citizens in the 1950s searching?
(a) A new leader.
(b) Radical changes.
(c) Stability.
(d) Reform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the survivors decrease in frequency?

2. Who found himself covered in snow?

3. What news was the most important that Croiset Jr. gives?

4. What do the concerned and confused family members begin to do?

5. Was the information from Ponce de Leon accurate?

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