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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. How far are Canessa and Parrado from the nearest town called San Fernando?
(a) A one hour drive.
(b) A two day ride.
(c) A fifteen minute walk.
(d) A one day ride.

2. What is the roaring sound that Canessa and Parrado hear?
(a) A bear.
(b) a plane.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) A river.

3. During the night what does Diaz tell the survivors?
(a) Of his adventures in the mountain.
(b) Nothing.
(c) One story about his adventures.
(d) A few stories.

4. How are the carabineers prepared to retrieve survivors?
(a) By foot.
(b) By helicopter.
(c) By plane.
(d) By boat.

5. What does Paez do upon receiving this news?
(a) He finds another flight to San Fernando.
(b) He runs to tell his friend, Rodriguez, who is already on the plane.
(c) He runs outside and gets in a taxi.
(d) He gets on the plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is it easy to slip back into the lives the men had left behind?

2. When the survivors hear rumbling, what do they believe it is?

3. What do the survivors believe this find to be?

4. What signs of life do the hikers come across?

5. With what are Armando and Enrique happy to supply the hikers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the survivors react to the Andinists?

2. What does the minor's story confirm? What is done with this information?

3. What do the survivors discover on day seventy-one?

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

5. What takes place on December 23rd?

6. What false hope do the survivors experience?

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

8. What searches take place the next morning?

9. What do the survivors do when the first eight are flown away?

10. How is Wednesday, December 20th important?

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