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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. With whom do the survivors talk and eat?
(a) Their families.
(b) The Andinists.
(c) Each other.
(d) The doctors.

2. How does the extreme altitude affect the boys?
(a) It wears on their bodies and exhausts them.
(b) It ends their hike.
(c) It makes it easier to breathe.
(d) It forces them to turn around.

3. What had geophysicists created?
(a) A substation.
(b) An avalanche.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A cross as part of a geology experiment.

4. Why is Diaz summoned back by the survivors?
(a) They are worried the Andinists will leave them.
(b) They feel someone should see what their lives have been like.
(c) They are worried about the Andinists.
(d) They feel someone should stay with them.

5. On what day are the survivors reunited with each other and with their families?
(a) December 21st.
(b) December 23rd.
(c) December 22nd.
(d) December 20th.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the snow under their feet?

2. Do the helicopters evacuate the survivors immediately?

3. Where is a cross discovered?

4. What do the men begin to do?

5. Whose body is placed on reserve?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

3. Describe the surprise Parrado and Canessa received the next morning.

4. What takes place on December 12th?

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

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

7. What do the thirteen survivors do as this section begins?

8. What false hope do the survivors experience?

9. It is surprising to the survivors?

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

(see the answer keys)

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