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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. The helicopters climbed how many feet before reaching the summit and moving down the opposite side?
(a) 10,500 feet.
(b) 13,500 feet.
(c) 12,500 feet.
(d) 11,500 feet.

2. What news is given to Dr. Canessa?
(a) His son has not survived.
(b) There is no news about his son.
(c) He will not see his son for several weeks.
(d) His son is one of the survivors.

3. The excitement of the cross was akin to what for the survivors?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A car crash.
(c) An emotional roller coaster.
(d) An earthquake.

4. After the first eight survivors had flown away, what do the the rest of the crash survivors do?
(a) Play games in the snow.
(b) Complain that they were not taken away.
(c) Watch the plane fly away.
(d) Return to the Fairchild.

5. Why is there little snow on the top of the mountain?
(a) It is too high to snow.
(b) It is wind blown and lacking in humidity.
(c) The air is too thin for snow.
(d) There is too much humidity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the miner's story confirm?

2. It had taken Parrado and Canessa ten days to reach the cattle post, and it took the helicopters how long to get to the plane?

3. How do the survivors feel when Vizintin comes sliding back to camp?

4. Why are this many people rescued first?

5. What seems too good to be true?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the parents learn from Ponce de Leon's radio?

2. What happens after the last survivors are rescued?

3. On what do Canessa and Parrado focus during their hike?

4. How do the parents feel about the reading of the survivors' names?

5. How do Canessa and Parrado feel when they awake?

6. What searches take place the next morning?

7. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

8. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?

9. How is the cross found in the snow discouraging to the parents?

10. Why is Paez Vilaro detained by the international police?

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