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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 too high to snow.
(b) There is too much humidity.
(c) The air is too thin for snow.
(d) It is wind blown and lacking in humidity.

2. What seems too good to be true?
(a) The idea of finding the boys alive.
(b) The plane being in one piece.
(c) The survivors being outside of the plane.
(d) Animals being found near the crash site.

3. How do the men go to bed feeling?
(a) Nervous about seeing their families.
(b) Excited at the prospect of a helicopter's arrival in the morning.
(c) Frustrated that they cannot leave now.
(d) Worried about their friends still in the plane.

4. What does a combination of severe cold and high altitude cause?
(a) A cancellation of the search.
(b) The C-47's delay.
(c) The destruction of the C-47.
(d) Sickness in the rescue workers.

5. How do the survivors feel when Vizintin comes sliding back to camp?
(a) Angry.
(b) Worried.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Scared.

6. What do Harley and Nicolich do when they hear the news?
(a) They catch a flight to Santiago.
(b) They reverse direction.
(c) They cannot decide what to do.
(d) They continue home.

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

8. How are the carabineers prepared to retrieve survivors?
(a) By boat.
(b) By plane.
(c) By foot.
(d) By helicopter.

9. Who does Paez run to meet in San Fernando?
(a) His son.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) His wife.
(d) His family.

10. Where do the hikers take shelter?
(a) In a ditch.
(b) In a barn.
(c) In an animal corral.
(d) In an abandoned house.

11. What time does the helicopter arrive to pick up the last survivors?
(a) One o'clock.
(b) Five o'clock.
(c) Ten o'clock.
(d) Eight o'clock.

12. Where is a cross discovered?
(a) Santa Elena mountain.
(b) Santa Maria mountain.
(c) Santa Lucia mountain.
(d) Santa Helena mountain.

13. 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 teammate, Eduardo.
(c) It is the body of his best friend, Jesus.
(d) It is the body of his brother, Guido.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the parents hear on Ponce de Leon's radio?

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

3. Who comes across the two hikers?

4. What is it difficult for the family members to accept?

5. Do the helicopters evacuate the survivors immediately?

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