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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 do the parents of the rugby players feel about the government calling off the search after so little effort?
(a) Worried.
(b) Not surprised.
(c) Appalled.
(d) Relieved.

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

3. Who entered first in the plane to sleep at night?
(a) The strongest men.
(b) A few men.
(c) The injured and couples.
(d) Only the women.

4. Back in Montevideo, how are the women feeling?
(a) Depressed and hopeless.
(b) Angry and hysterical.
(c) Content with what is being done.
(d) More impatient with the lack of progress.

5. What do the survivors do to get fresh air into the plane?
(a) They go out the back of the plane.
(b) They used a metal rod to puncture the snow outside.
(c) They use the oxygen tanks.
(d) They break off the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what do Madelon (Vilero) Rodriguez and Estela Perez continue to believe?

2. On what does the search focus?

3. What news was the most important that Croiset Jr. gives?

4. Who is contacted when the air traffic control service lost contact with the Fairchild?

5. With whom do the parents meet on December 5th?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Canessa and Parrado trying to fix?

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

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

4. What takes place on December 11th?

5. What is taking place back at the Fairchild?

6. How does the ninth day begin?

7. Describe the crash.

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

9. How is the expedition?

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

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