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

2. To whom do the Strauch sisters pray fervently?
(a) Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
(b) The Virgin of Garabandal.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Jesus.

3. What is done with the luggage?
(a) It is left in the snow.
(b) It is formed into the shape of a cross in the snow.
(c) It is used to create a wall over the gaping hole.
(d) It is thrown into the plane.

4. What is the only way to improve visibility?
(a) To fly low.
(b) To travel by foot.
(c) To wait until the weather improves.
(d) To use binoculars.

5. Why do some of the other parents pledge their help?
(a) Because they would feel guilty doing otherwise.
(b) Because they cannot think of what else to do.
(c) Because they still hold out hope that their sons are alive.
(d) Because they wanted to know what had happened to the plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. On December 11th, what do the parents do?

2. The following day, after reviewing all available information, what do the commanders do?

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

4. What had the men rigged?

5. Who took turns sleeping in the exposed area near the opening?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the effects of a second avalanche?

3. Describe Day Ten.

4. Describe the crash.

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

6. Who saved many from the avalanche?

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

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

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

10. What takes place on December 11th?

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