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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 it difficult for the family members to accept?
(a) That the men are depressed.
(b) That the men had survived by eating human flesh.
(c) That so many died.
(d) That the men's characters have changed.

2. On whom does Parrado focus?
(a) His father.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) God.
(d) His mother.

3. What signs of life do the hikers come across?
(a) An empty soup can, cow dung, and a horseshoe.
(b) A magazine, cart, saddle, and soap.
(c) A fence, blanket, boot, and fork.
(d) A cup, plate, rope, and shoe.

4. Why is it dangerous to fly midday in the Andes?
(a) Because of wind patterns.
(b) Because of the ice.
(c) Because of the snow storms.
(d) Because of the lightning.

5. Why is Fito reluctant to use one of the bodies?
(a) It is the body of his teammate, Eduardo.
(b) It is the body of his cousin, Daniel.
(c) It is the body of his best friend, Jesus.
(d) It is the body of his brother, Guido.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the carabineers prepared to retrieve survivors?

2. What does the next morning bring?

3. Who comes across the two hikers?

4. Why is Diaz summoned back by the survivors?

5. What is the roaring sound that Canessa and Parrado hear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

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

4. How do the men cross the river?

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

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

7. What was happening with the search while Parrado and Canessa hiked?

8. What takes place on December 12th?

9. What searches take place the next morning?

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

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