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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the newspapers do with the news of this cross?
(a) They ignored the news.
(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 thought is could possibly be related to some local geophysicists.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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 not be rescued for a few days.
(d) They will be rescued during the night.

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

11. What is it difficult for the family members to accept?
(a) That the men had survived by eating human flesh.
(b) That so many died.
(c) That the men are depressed.
(d) That the men's characters have changed.

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

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

14. What do the men begin to do?
(a) Prepare to leave the plane.
(b) Plan another trek out of the Andes.
(c) Complain that they will not be found.
(d) Celebrate their salvation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To where do the families turn their focus?

3. What do the boys do when they come across a paradise of sorts?

4. What does Paez do upon receiving this news?

5. With what are Armando and Enrique happy to supply the hikers?

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