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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 do these animals mean to the survivors?
(a) They are a sign of life and summer coming to the Andes.
(b) They are food.
(c) They are a sign of disease.
(d) They are enemies.

2. From whom did Uruguay fight for its independence from its neighbors?
(a) Argentina and Chile.
(b) Brazil and Paraguay.
(c) Argentina and Brazil.
(d) Chile and Paraguay.

3. What are the Chilean military police called?
(a) Policia militar.
(b) Carabineros.
(c) Policineros.
(d) Carabiners.

4. When do the excited passengers begin to arrive at the Carrasco airport for their departure?
(a) September 12.
(b) November 12.
(c) October 12.
(d) December 12.

5. What is done with the luggage?
(a) It is formed into the shape of a cross in the snow.
(b) It is left in the snow.
(c) It is used to create a wall over the gaping hole.
(d) It is thrown into the plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only surviving woman?

2. Who found himself covered in snow?

3. What else do these women still believe?

4. When does section three open?

5. Who is among the last to be found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place on December 11th?

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

3. What complicated the search?

4. How do Marcelo Perez and Daniel Fernandez feel about their friends? What do they do to help their friends?

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

6. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

7. How do the survivors feel about the search being resumed?

8. When does the SAR send out a few planes in a specified area?

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

10. What are Canessa and Parrado trying to fix?

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