2. What is the only way to improve visibility?
(a) To fly low.
(b) To use binoculars.
(c) To travel by foot.
(d) To wait until the weather improves.

3. What news was the most important that Croiset Jr. gives?
(a) There are survivors.
(b) Only two survived the crash.
(c) Everyone survived.
(d) There are no survivors.

4. Why do the parents hire another plane to take them to Santiago?
(a) They are afraid to ride on the first plane.
(b) They do not trust the military men.
(c) They are unwilling to waste any more time waiting for the first plane to be fixed.
(d) The first plane cannot be repaired.

5. How had snow entered the plane?
(a) It snows heavily and enters the gaping hole.
(b) The men had brought it into the plane.
(c) The ceiling collapses.
(d) An avalanche had pummeled the plane and entered through their makeshift barriers.

6. To what do the men return?
(a) Their hike out of the mountains.
(b) Civilization.
(c) A feeling of home.
(d) The squalor they had been living in.

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

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

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

10. When do the four return to the Fairchild?
(a) When an avalanche buries the tail of the plane.
(b) When it becomes apparent that no amount of tinkering could produce a working two-way radio.
(c) When they decide to take the luggage back to the plane.
(d) When they become hungry.

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

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

13. Even if the plane is not buried in snow, why would it still be hard to see?
(a) It is painted white.
(b) It is on it's side.
(c) It is in hundreds of pieces.
(d) It is very small.

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

15. 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.