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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is discovered back at the Fairchild?
(a) Someone had extra food on the plane but did not tell anyone.
(b) Someone has gone missing.
(c) Someone is pilfering extra food.
(d) Someone is hiding bodies.

2. Who is contacted when the air traffic control service lost contact with the Fairchild?
(a) The SRA.
(b) The SAR.
(c) The RAS.
(d) The ARS.

3. Why are Parrado, Turcatti, and Canessa selected for the next expedition?
(a) They are the most mentally and physically fit.
(b) They are the most excited about returning home.
(c) They have training as Andinists.
(d) They are the weakest.

4. To buoy their spirits, what does Marcelo try to do?
(a) Force them to be happy.
(b) Threaten them.
(c) Remain upbeat.
(d) Encourage group prayer.

5. What do the survivors decrease in frequency?
(a) Their visits outside the plane.
(b) The amount of talking they do.
(c) Hysterical reactions.
(d) Depressing conversations.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the four return to the Fairchild?

2. Did the pilots have experience flying over the Andes mountains?

3. What news was the most important that Croiset Jr. gives?

4. From what does Echavarren suffer?

5. What is the lack of nutrients doing to the survivors' bodies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the effects of a second avalanche?

2. How does the ninth day begin?

3. Why is the team traveling to Chile?

4. What takes place on December 11th?

5. What do Madelon Rodriguez and Estela Perez continue to believe?

6. What are Canessa and Parrado trying to fix?

7. What information does Croiset Jr. give the parents?

8. Describe Day Ten.

9. What are the results of the avalanche?

10. How does Ponce de Leon help the families of those lost in the Andes?

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