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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. On whom does Parrado focus?
(a) God.
(b) His mother.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His father.
2. What do the survivors hear intermittently?
(a) Screams.
(b) Rumbling.
(c) Sounds of planes.
(d) Birds.
3. Who comes across the two hikers?
(a) Alan Soldo and Edmondo Guardez.
(b) Amanda Smith and Eric Gold.
(c) Adolfo Sanchez and Eduardo Gomez.
(d) Armando Serda and Enrique Gonzalez.
4. Why is Fito reluctant to use one of the bodies?
(a) It is the body of his cousin, Daniel.
(b) It is the body of his brother, Guido.
(c) It is the body of his teammate, Eduardo.
(d) It is the body of his best friend, Jesus.
5. How is Ponce de Leon's radio utilized?
(a) To contact the survivors.
(b) To find the hikers.
(c) To make necessary arrangements for the parents and the planes.
(d) To contact the president of Uruguay.
6. What do the newspapers do with the news of this cross?
(a) They did not believe it could be related to the Fairchild survivors.
(b) They thought it could possibly be related to the Fairchild survivors.
(c) They ignored the news.
(d) They thought is could possibly be related to some local geophysicists.
7. Is it easy to slip back into the lives the men had left behind?
(a) At times.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Somewhat.
8. Why are the survivors looking for more bodies?
(a) They want to start burying the bodies.
(b) Their meat source is getting low.
(c) They miss their friends.
(d) They want to find all of the bodies.
9. What do the others do, while Canessa and Parrado are hiking?
(a) Sleep
(b) Complain.
(c) Try to stay alive.
(d) Eat.
10. What signs of life do the hikers come across?
(a) A fence, blanket, boot, and fork.
(b) An empty soup can, cow dung, and a horseshoe.
(c) A magazine, cart, saddle, and soap.
(d) A cup, plate, rope, and shoe.
11. How are the feelings of the parents when the survivors' names are finally read?
(a) Worried.
(b) Excited.
(c) Bittersweet.
(d) Angry.
12. After the first eight survivors had flown away, what do the the rest of the crash survivors do?
(a) Complain that they were not taken away.
(b) Play games in the snow.
(c) Return to the Fairchild.
(d) Watch the plane fly away.
13. The helicopters climbed how many feet before reaching the summit and moving down the opposite side?
(a) 13,500 feet.
(b) 12,500 feet.
(c) 10,500 feet.
(d) 11,500 feet.
14. What is it difficult for the family members to accept?
(a) That the men's characters have changed.
(b) That the men had survived by eating human flesh.
(c) That so many died.
(d) That the men are depressed.
15. Why has Dr. Canessa not yet returned to Montevideo?
(a) He has been out to lunch.
(b) He has stopped by the store.
(c) He has stoppped at a friend's house.
(d) He has been delayed at the airport.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the roaring sound that Canessa and Parrado hear?
2. How do the men go to bed feeling?
3. How is the snow under their feet?
4. What does the miner's story confirm?
5. Why are this many people rescued first?
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