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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the boys do when they come across a paradise of sorts?
(a) They hug.
(b) They give thanks to God and rest.
(c) They look for other signs of life.
(d) They celebrate.

5. How is Ponce de Leon's radio utilized?
(a) To contact the president of Uruguay.
(b) To make necessary arrangements for the parents and the planes.
(c) To find the hikers.
(d) To contact the survivors.

6. Who takes the lead on the expedition?
(a) Canessa.
(b) Suarez.
(c) Parrado.
(d) Strauch.

7. What do the parents hear on Ponce de Leon's radio?
(a) A snippet of conversation about a new search beginning.
(b) A snippet of conversation about a cross being found.
(c) A snippet of conversation about a plane being found.
(d) A snippet of conversation about hikers being found.

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

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

10. What does the army commander, Colonel Morel, agree to do?
(a) Contact other neighboring countries for support.
(b) Find the plane.
(c) Send a patrol to the area where the footprints were reported.
(d) End the search.

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

12. Is Dr. Canessa fortunate?
(a) No.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Yes.

13. During the night what does Diaz tell the survivors?
(a) One story about his adventures.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Of his adventures in the mountain.
(d) A few stories.

14. How close is it to Christmas?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One day.

15. How many survivors are flown to San Fernando?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Paez Vilaro think he gets detained by the international police?

2. How are the carabineers prepared to retrieve survivors?

3. What had geophysicists created?

4. Who is the first man, an Andinist, who arrives?

5. How are the feelings of the parents when the survivors' names are finally read?

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