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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the survivors brought?
(a) To the hospital of St. Joan of Arc.
(b) To the hospital of St. Joshua.
(c) To the hospital of St. Jude.
(d) To the hospital of St. John of God.

2. What are the parents doing as Canessa and Parrado hike through the Andes?
(a) They are heading home.
(b) They are meeting with the colonel.
(c) They are busy searching.
(d) They are waiting to hear for news.

3. What is the real reason Paez Vilaro is detained?
(a) They do not want the puppy on the plane.
(b) They will not let him fly without his passport.
(c) They need to find a copy of his ticket.
(d) They had found the boys hiking and the location of the plane.

4. What do the survivors hear intermittently?
(a) Rumbling.
(b) Birds.
(c) Screams.
(d) Sounds of planes.

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

6. Why does Paez Vilaro think he gets detained by the international police?
(a) Because he has lost his ticket.
(b) Because of the puppy.
(c) Because they found the plane.
(d) Because he does not have a passport.

7. 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 lightning.
(d) Because of the ice.

8. Why are the pilots of the broken-down C-47 also disappointed?
(a) They had both flown the Fairchild.
(b) They feel upset for the parents.
(c) They worry about the survivors.
(d) They were friends with the Fairchild's pilot and co-pilot.

9. The excitement of the cross was akin to what for the survivors?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) An emotional roller coaster.
(d) A car crash.

10. Who do the helicopters carry?
(a) The action group's commander, mechanics, a nurse, a medical orderly, a doctor, and members of the Andean Rescue Corps.
(b) The families.
(c) The action groups' commander.
(d) A group of doctors.

11. The sleepless night brought a morning full of hope. What do the men know without a doubt?
(a) They would be rescued that day.
(b) They will be rescued next week.
(c) They will be rescued during the night.
(d) They will not be rescued for a few days.

12. What do the survivors discover when listening to the radio?
(a) The search has begun again.
(b) Two of the Fairchild's passengers have walked out of the Andes.
(c) The search has, once again, been cancelled.
(d) A cross has been found.

13. What do the newspapers do with the news of this cross?
(a) They thought it could possibly be related to the Fairchild survivors.
(b) They thought is could possibly be related to some local geophysicists.
(c) They ignored the news.
(d) They did not believe it could be related to the Fairchild survivors.

14. On what day are the survivors reunited with each other and with their families?
(a) December 23rd.
(b) December 21st.
(c) December 22nd.
(d) December 20th.

15. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?
(a) Something will go wrong.
(b) They want the news to travel faster for the sake of their friends still stranded on the Fairchild.
(c) Their friends will not make it through the night.
(d) They are worried the news will not get to the plane in time.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the first eight survivors had flown away, what do the the rest of the crash survivors do?

2. What does Canessa do continuously during the hike?

3. The families oscillated between what?

4. Why is there little snow on the top of the mountain?

5. Why do the boys not kill the cow?

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