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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. To buoy their spirits, what does Marcelo try to do?
(a) Threaten them.
(b) Encourage group prayer.
(c) Remain upbeat.
(d) Force them to be happy.

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

4. How many more victims had been claimed by this snow?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

5. When does the SAR send a few planes searching in a specified area?
(a) When they find new evidence.
(b) When the government pushes them to begin a search.
(c) When they receive financial support from the parents.
(d) When the parents threaten to sue.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is discovered back at the Fairchild?

4. Why has Roy been living off meager rations?

5. How does Paez Vilar become known?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the survivors prepare to sleep?

4. Describe the crash.

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

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

7. Who saved many from the avalanche?

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

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

10. What complicated the search?

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