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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. How does what Ponce de Leon offers help the families?
(a) It gives them hope.
(b) It gives them a sense of peace.
(c) It keeps them updated and connected to the search.
(d) It encourages them.

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

3. In what do Madelon (Vilero) Rodriguez and Estela Perez continue to believe?
(a) Croiset's visions.
(b) Their sons.
(c) The Uruguayan Air Force.
(d) Their husbands.

4. Can airplanes be flown low in the mountain range?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Maybe.

5. When does section three open?
(a) On the fifteenth day of the survivors' struggle.
(b) On the twentieth day of the survivors' struggle.
(c) On the ninth day of the survivors' struggle.
(d) On the fifth day of the survivors' struggle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had snow entered the plane?

2. How is the search expanded?

3. Who entered first in the plane to sleep at night?

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

5. Canessa and Parrado remained at the Fairchild and attempted to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the parents feel about the called off search? How do they respond to this?

2. What do the family members do once they reach Santiago?

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

4. How do the survivors prepare to sleep?

5. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

6. What are the results of the avalanche?

7. Describe Day Ten.

8. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

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

10. What complicated the search?

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