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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. Who took turns sleeping in the exposed area near the opening?
(a) The weak and sick.
(b) The injured.
(c) The couples.
(d) The strongest among the survivors.

2. How do the parents of the rugby players feel about the government calling off the search after so little effort?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Appalled.
(c) Not surprised.
(d) Worried.

3. What does this man say to the family members?
(a) it is unlikely there are survivors and does not grant their request.
(b) It is likely there are survivors and he grants their request.
(c) It is unlikely there are survivors but he grants their request.
(d) It is likely there are survivors but he does not grant their request.

4. When do the four return to the Fairchild?
(a) When an avalanche buries the tail of the plane.
(b) When they become hungry.
(c) When it becomes apparent that no amount of tinkering could produce a working two-way radio.
(d) When they decide to take the luggage back to the plane.

5. What mountains does the refined search area surround?
(a) The Tingey, Sonora, and Panama mountains.
(b) The Tanguray, Sosolita, and Palma mountains.
(c) The Tinguiririca, Sosneado and Palomo mountains.
(d) The Tunguera, Salsa, and Palmera mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the SAR send a few planes searching in a specified area?

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

3. What is done with the luggage?

4. What is Canessa's opinion about hiking?

5. From whom did Uruguay fight for its independence from its neighbors?

Short Essay Questions

1. On Day Ten, what do the survivors decide?

2. What does Paez Vilaro do to search for the missing plane?

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

4. What takes place on December 11th?

5. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

6. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

7. How does the ninth day begin?

8. How is the expedition?

9. Describe the plane they chartered and the course which it was to take.

10. What are the effects of a second avalanche?

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