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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the survivors go about their daily chores?
(a) With excitement.
(b) With a sense of pessimism.
(c) With a sense of contentment.
(d) With dread.

2. What is the roaring sound that Canessa and Parrado hear?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) A river.
(c) A bear.
(d) a plane.

3. Why has Dr. Canessa not yet returned to Montevideo?
(a) He has been out to lunch.
(b) He has stoppped at a friend's house.
(c) He has been delayed at the airport.
(d) He has stopped by the store.

4. Whose body is placed on reserve?
(a) Liliana's.
(b) Eduardo's.
(c) Fito's.
(d) Marco's.

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

6. Why are the survivors looking for more bodies?
(a) They want to find all of the bodies.
(b) Their meat source is getting low.
(c) They want to start burying the bodies.
(d) They miss their friends.

7. How far are Canessa and Parrado from the nearest town called San Fernando?
(a) A fifteen minute walk.
(b) A one hour drive.
(c) A two day ride.
(d) A one day ride.

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

9. What does Canessa do continuously during the hike?
(a) He prays to God.
(b) He thinks about his father.
(c) He thinks about his mother.
(d) He prays to his patron saint.

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

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

12. Why is there little snow on the top of the mountain?
(a) There is too much humidity.
(b) It is too high to snow.
(c) The air is too thin for snow.
(d) It is wind blown and lacking in humidity.

13. What do the others do, while Canessa and Parrado are hiking?
(a) Try to stay alive.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sleep
(d) Complain.

14. Why is Diaz summoned back by the survivors?
(a) They are worried about the Andinists.
(b) They feel someone should stay with them.
(c) They are worried the Andinists will leave them.
(d) They feel someone should see what their lives have been like.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the parents doing as Canessa and Parrado hike through the Andes?

2. Where is a cross discovered?

3. How are the carabineers prepared to retrieve survivors?

4. The sleepless night brought a morning full of hope. What do the men know without a doubt?

5. What do the family members see as they fly over the lake?

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