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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what does Echavarren suffer?
(a) A broken leg in many places.
(b) An ugly gaping wound.
(c) A punctured lung.
(d) A cracked skull.

2. How is the search expanded?
(a) To include the surrounding countries.
(b) To include the Chilean government.
(c) To include the United States.
(d) To include people on the ground.

3. The following day, after reviewing all available information, what do the commanders do?
(a) Begin a search.
(b) Change the focus of the search.
(c) End the search.
(d) Continue on the same search.

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

5. What is Gustavo Nicolich's role during this tragedy?
(a) He is the pilot.
(b) He is the complainer.
(c) He is team captain.
(d) He is the organizer.

6. Why are they forced to eat the bodies that had recently died and remained in the cabin?
(a) They were afraid to go outside to the other bodies.
(b) They wanted to use up the meat that was closest to them.
(c) Their food supply had been buried in the avalanche.
(d) Their was no other food on the plane.

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

8. What mountains does the refined search area surround?
(a) The Tanguray, Sosolita, and Palma mountains.
(b) The Tinguiririca, Sosneado and Palomo mountains.
(c) The Tunguera, Salsa, and Palmera mountains.
(d) The Tingey, Sonora, and Panama mountains.

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

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

11. While reviewing an aeronautical map of the area, how does Croiset Jr. feel?
(a) There are no survivors.
(b) Only a couple of men survive.
(c) The pilot had flown too close the mountains and crashed.
(d) The copilot, not the pilot, had been flying the plane when one of its engines broke down.

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

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

14. What else do these women still believe?
(a) Their sons are alive.
(b) God will save their children.
(c) Their sons are dead.
(d) The Uruguayan government will find the plane.

15. What are the Chilean military police called?
(a) Policineros.
(b) Policia militar.
(c) Carabiners.
(d) Carabineros.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paez Vilar become known?

2. Who comforts Marcelo?

3. Why do tensions rise?

4. When do the excited passengers begin to arrive at the Carrasco airport for their departure?

5. What slowly replaced the local love of soccer?

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