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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. What is the real reason Paez Vilaro is detained?
(a) They had found the boys hiking and the location of the plane.
(b) They need to find a copy of his ticket.
(c) They do not want the puppy on the plane.
(d) They will not let him fly without his passport.

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

3. What does the transistor radio say has been found?
(a) A geological site.
(b) A plane.
(c) Hikers.
(d) A cross in the snow.

4. Is it easy to slip back into the lives the men had left behind?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) At times.

5. Who do the helicopters carry?
(a) The families.
(b) The action group's commander, mechanics, a nurse, a medical orderly, a doctor, and members of the Andean Rescue Corps.
(c) A group of doctors.
(d) The action groups' commander.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the next morning bring?

2. What do the newspapers do with the news of this cross?

3. To where are the majority of the survivors then moved to celebrate the Christmas holiday?

4. What does the miner's story confirm?

5. During the night what does Diaz tell the survivors?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the men cross the river?

3. What is the summer sun doing? How is this good and bad?

4. It is surprising to the survivors?

5. What takes place on December 23rd?

6. How do the survivors react to the Andinists?

7. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

8. What takes place on December 12th?

9. What happens after the last survivors are rescued?

10. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?

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