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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. Why has Roy been living off meager rations?
(a) He does not want to eat.
(b) He is not feeling well.
(c) He cannot keep food down.
(d) He was not one of the chosen expeditionaries.

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

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

4. What did the school systems in place at that time lack?
(a) Adequate text books.
(b) Enough qualified teachers.
(c) The religious qualities the parents sought.
(d) Order.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only way to improve visibility?

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

3. How does what Ponce de Leon offers help the families?

4. As a group, how are the survivors becoming?

5. What does Paez Vilaro do to find the lost rugby players?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the crash.

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

3. How does the ninth day begin?

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

5. What do the parents do on December 5th?

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

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

8. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

9. Describe Day Ten.

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

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