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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 Canessa's opinion about hiking?
(a) They should not risk their lives hiking again unless all their other options have been exhausted.
(b) He should hike alone back to the Fairchild.
(c) They should leave quickly.
(d) They should hike out of the mountains.

2. What is the lack of nutrients doing to the survivors' bodies?
(a) Causing mass panic attacks.
(b) Shrinking their waistlines and wrinkling their skin.
(c) Making them delusional.
(d) Killing them off one at a time.

3. How had Numa Tarcatti and Pancho Delgado survived under the snow?
(a) They poked holes in the snow to breathe.
(b) They had warm blankets.
(c) They had a pocket of air to breathe.
(d) They screamed for help.

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

5. What is the largest city in Uruguay?
(a) Buenos Aires.
(b) Montevideo.
(c) Quito.
(d) Santiago.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom do the Strauch sisters pray fervently?

2. What do the parents agree to do with this information?

3. What do these animals mean to the survivors?

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

5. What did the school systems in place at that time lack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the results of the avalanche?

2. How do the survivors prepare to sleep?

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

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

5. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

6. What complicated the search?

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

8. What was done after the air traffic control service lost contact with the Fairchild?

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

10. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

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