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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. 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.

2. What had the men rigged?
(a) A telephone.
(b) A walkie-talkie.
(c) A transistor radio.
(d) The cockpit radio.

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

4. Who spurred on the expedition team so they could make it back to the Fairchild?
(a) Parrado.
(b) Canessa.
(c) Vizintin.
(d) Turcatti.

5. What is discovered back at the Fairchild?
(a) Someone has gone missing.
(b) Someone had extra food on the plane but did not tell anyone.
(c) Someone is pilfering extra food.
(d) Someone is hiding bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. To buoy their spirits, what does Marcelo try to do?

2. Why does Marcelo feel responsible for their losses?

3. Who comforts Marcelo?

4. How had snow entered the plane?

5. On what does the search focus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

5. How does the ninth day begin?

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

7. Describe Day Ten.

8. Why is the team traveling to Chile?

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

10. What are Canessa and Parrado trying to fix?

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