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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. With whom do the survivors talk and eat?
(a) The Andinists.
(b) Their families.
(c) Each other.
(d) The doctors.
2. What is special about Wednesday, December 20th?
(a) It is the day the families find out about the location of the Fairchild.
(b) It is a turning point for the survivors.
(c) It is the day the survivors give up.
(d) It is the day the survivors are saved.
3. What do the survivors hear intermittently?
(a) Rumbling.
(b) Screams.
(c) Birds.
(d) Sounds of planes.
4. How do the survivors feel when Vizintin comes sliding back to camp?
(a) Worried.
(b) Scared.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Angry.
5. For how long did the survivors watch the hikers' progress?
(a) For several minutes.
(b) They did not watch them.
(c) For only a moment.
(d) For as long as possible.
6. When the survivors hear rumbling, what do they believe it is?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A rescue helicopter.
(c) A bear.
(d) Another avalanche.
7. With what are Armando and Enrique happy to supply the hikers?
(a) More food and pleasant conversation.
(b) Food and shelter.
(c) Blankets and medicine.
(d) Stories and firewood.
8. The excitement of the cross was akin to what for the survivors?
(a) A car crash.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) An emotional roller coaster.
(d) An earthquake.
9. On whom does Parrado focus?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) God.
(d) His girlfriend.
10. What do Harley and Nicolich do when they hear the news?
(a) They reverse direction.
(b) They cannot decide what to do.
(c) They continue home.
(d) They catch a flight to Santiago.
11. How soon do Canessa and Parrado awake after a rest?
(a) Just a few hours.
(b) Many hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) One hour.
12. What do the parents hear on Ponce de Leon's radio?
(a) A snippet of conversation about hikers being found.
(b) A snippet of conversation about a plane being found.
(c) A snippet of conversation about a cross being found.
(d) A snippet of conversation about a new search beginning.
13. How close is it to Christmas?
(a) One month.
(b) One day.
(c) One week.
(d) Two weeks.
14. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?
(a) They want the news to travel faster for the sake of their friends still stranded on the Fairchild.
(b) Something will go wrong.
(c) They are worried the news will not get to the plane in time.
(d) Their friends will not make it through the night.
15. What news is given to Dr. Canessa?
(a) There is no news about his son.
(b) His son is one of the survivors.
(c) He will not see his son for several weeks.
(d) His son has not survived.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who comes across the two hikers?
2. How does the extreme altitude affect the boys?
3. How do the men go to bed feeling?
4. How is Ponce de Leon's radio utilized?
5. What do the others do, while Canessa and Parrado are hiking?
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