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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Fito reluctant to use one of the bodies?
(a) It is the body of his brother, Guido.
(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 cousin, Daniel.

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

4. When the men politely answer the reporters' questions, what do they do?
(a) They give all the details.
(b) They omit nothing.
(c) They omit a few details.
(d) They give no real answers.

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

6. The families oscillated between what?
(a) Holding onto hope and giving up.
(b) Giving up slightly and giving up completely.
(c) Having faith and having shaky faith.
(d) Believing there were some survivors and there were no survivors.

7. What do the family members see as they fly over the lake?
(a) Condors.
(b) Human footprints.
(c) People.
(d) The plane.

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

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

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

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

12. Where are the survivors brought?
(a) To the hospital of St. John of God.
(b) To the hospital of St. Jude.
(c) To the hospital of St. Joan of Arc.
(d) To the hospital of St. Joshua.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the survivors believe this find to be?

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

3. To where do the families turn their focus?

4. Why are this many people rescued first?

5. What does Canessa do continuously during the hike?

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