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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What animals noticed the survivors and dead bodies?
(a) The condors.
(b) The rats.
(c) The eagles.
(d) The bears.
2. Who entered first in the plane to sleep at night?
(a) The injured and couples.
(b) The strongest men.
(c) A few men.
(d) Only the women.
3. What do the survivors do to get fresh air into the plane?
(a) They go out the back of the plane.
(b) They break off the roof.
(c) They used a metal rod to puncture the snow outside.
(d) They use the oxygen tanks.
4. When does section three open?
(a) On the fifth day of the survivors' struggle.
(b) On the twentieth day of the survivors' struggle.
(c) On the ninth day of the survivors' struggle.
(d) On the fifteenth day of the survivors' struggle.
5. 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.
6. What did the school systems in place at that time lack?
(a) Adequate text books.
(b) Enough qualified teachers.
(c) The religious qualities the parents sought.
(d) Order.
7. How is the search expanded?
(a) To include the United States.
(b) To include the Chilean government.
(c) To include people on the ground.
(d) To include the surrounding countries.
8. What happens on December 11th?
(a) The plane searches but does not find the men.
(b) The plane crashes in the Andes.
(c) The propellers stop turning and the pilot performs an emergency landing.
(d) The plane does not take off due to engine problems.
9. Why do tensions rise?
(a) The survivors are all dying.
(b) The survivors are tired of one another.
(c) The survivors do not want to go on.
(d) The radio is not an easy task and various survivors have different views on rationing food and productivity.
10. What is Canessa's opinion about hiking?
(a) He should hike alone back to the Fairchild.
(b) They should hike out of the mountains.
(c) They should leave quickly.
(d) They should not risk their lives hiking again unless all their other options have been exhausted.
11. Why do the parents try to locate a peasant miner?
(a) He is also a clairvoyant.
(b) He will lead them through the mountains to search for their children.
(c) It is rumored that he saw the crash.
(d) He has seen debris from the crash.
12. How does Ponce de Leon help the families?
(a) He uses his radio to shuttle information between the families and officials.
(b) He calls his friends in the United States.
(c) He uses his clairvoyant visions to find the plane.
(d) He contacts the Air Force.
13. What mountains does the refined search area surround?
(a) The Tinguiririca, Sosneado and Palomo mountains.
(b) The Tunguera, Salsa, and Palmera mountains.
(c) The Tingey, Sonora, and Panama mountains.
(d) The Tanguray, Sosolita, and Palma mountains.
14. Did the pilots have experience flying over the Andes mountains?
(a) No.
(b) Some.
(c) Ferradas did.
(d) Lagurara did.
15. When do the excited passengers begin to arrive at the Carrasco airport for their departure?
(a) November 12.
(b) September 12.
(c) October 12.
(d) December 12.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does this man say to the family members?
2. What does the Air Force do to the parents?
3. Why do the parents hire another plane to take them to Santiago?
4. While reviewing an aeronautical map of the area, how does Croiset Jr. feel?
5. What slowly replaced the local love of soccer?
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