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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 animals noticed the survivors and dead bodies?
(a) The condors.
(b) The eagles.
(c) The bears.
(d) The rats.

2. What news was the most important that Croiset Jr. gives?
(a) There are survivors.
(b) Only two survived the crash.
(c) There are no survivors.
(d) Everyone survived.

3. With whom do the parents meet on December 5th?
(a) A grief counselor.
(b) The President of Uruguay.
(c) A clairvoyant.
(d) The commander-in-chief of the Uruguayan Air Force.

4. Why do tensions rise?
(a) The survivors do not want to go on.
(b) The survivors are all dying.
(c) The survivors are tired of one another.
(d) The radio is not an easy task and various survivors have different views on rationing food and productivity.

5. How does Ponce de Leon help the families?
(a) He uses his clairvoyant visions to find the plane.
(b) He contacts the Air Force.
(c) He calls his friends in the United States.
(d) He uses his radio to shuttle information between the families and officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paez Vilar become known?

2. Can airplanes be flown low in the mountain range?

3. To what do the men return?

4. How had snow entered the plane?

5. To whom do the Strauch sisters pray fervently?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the ninth day begin?

2. Who saved many from the avalanche?

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

4. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

5. What takes place on December 11th?

6. How is the expedition?

7. What are Canessa and Parrado trying to fix?

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

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

10. Describe Day Ten.

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