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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Canessa do when he hears the news?
(a) He heads to Santiago.
(b) He calls his wife.
(c) He heads back to San Fernando.
(d) He heads home.

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

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

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

6. Who is the first man, an Andinist, who arrives?
(a) Sergio Diaz.
(b) Juan Rodriguez.
(c) Eduardo Sanchez.
(d) Armando Saldo.

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

8. What does the next morning bring?
(a) A fog bank.
(b) A blizzard.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) A thunderstorm.

9. Do the helicopters evacuate the survivors immediately?
(a) Yes.
(b) A few.
(c) Some.
(d) No.

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

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

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

13. How many carabineers arrived and asked for directions to the plane?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty.

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

15. Why are this many people rescued first?
(a) To care for them without incurring any undue danger.
(b) To anger the other survivors.
(c) To advertise this extraordinary rescue.
(d) To prepare the others for the flight later in the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do the family members need to adjust?

2. With whom do the survivors talk and eat?

3. Why are the pilots of the broken-down C-47 also disappointed?

4. To where are the majority of the survivors then moved to celebrate the Christmas holiday?

5. Why is Diaz summoned back by the survivors?

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