3. What is special about Wednesday, December 20th?
(a) It is the day the survivors give up.
(b) It is the day the families find out about the location of the Fairchild.
(c) It is a turning point for the survivors.
(d) It is the day the survivors are saved.

4. What do the survivors believe this find to be?
(a) The geophysicists' cross.
(b) Their men.
(c) Their plane.
(d) Their cross made of luggage.

5. Why is it dangerous to fly midday in the Andes?
(a) Because of wind patterns.
(b) Because of the snow storms.
(c) Because of the ice.
(d) Because of the lightning.

6. The helicopters climbed how many feet before reaching the summit and moving down the opposite side?
(a) 13,500 feet.
(b) 11,500 feet.
(c) 10,500 feet.
(d) 12,500 feet.

7. How does the extreme altitude affect the boys?
(a) It forces them to turn around.
(b) It ends their hike.
(c) It wears on their bodies and exhausts them.
(d) It makes it easier to breathe.

8. What does Paez do upon receiving this news?
(a) He gets on the plane.
(b) He finds another flight to San Fernando.
(c) He runs to tell his friend, Rodriguez, who is already on the plane.
(d) He runs outside and gets in a taxi.

9. What signs of life do the hikers come across?
(a) A fence, blanket, boot, and fork.
(b) A magazine, cart, saddle, and soap.
(c) A cup, plate, rope, and shoe.
(d) An empty soup can, cow dung, and a horseshoe.

10. What arrives on December 12th?
(a) Funding for the search for the survivors.
(b) The location of the Fairchild.
(c) Gifts for the survivors.
(d) A C-47 plane promised by the Uruguayan Air Force.

11. When the men politely answer the reporters' questions, what do they do?
(a) They omit a few details.
(b) They omit nothing.
(c) They give all the details.
(d) They give no real answers.

12. After the first eight survivors had flown away, what do the the rest of the crash survivors do?
(a) Play games in the snow.
(b) Watch the plane fly away.
(c) Complain that they were not taken away.
(d) Return to the Fairchild.

13. What had geophysicists created?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A substation.
(c) A cross as part of a geology experiment.
(d) An avalanche.

14. It had taken Parrado and Canessa ten days to reach the cattle post, and it took the helicopters how long to get to the plane?
(a) Just five minutes.
(b) Just one hour.
(c) Just two hours.
(d) Just fifteen minutes.

15. How soon do Canessa and Parrado awake after a rest?
(a) One hour.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Just a few hours.
(d) Many hours.