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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 close is it to Christmas?
(a) One week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One day.
(d) One month.

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

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

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

5. With what are Armando and Enrique happy to supply the hikers?
(a) Blankets and medicine.
(b) Stories and firewood.
(c) Food and shelter.
(d) More food and pleasant conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many carabineers arrived and asked for directions to the plane?

2. Who takes the lead on the expedition?

3. The excitement of the cross was akin to what for the survivors?

4. 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?

5. Is Dr. Canessa fortunate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the arrival of the helicopters.

2. Why is Paez Vilaro lagging behind?

3. What takes place on December 23rd?

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

5. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?

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

7. How do the survivors react to the Andinists?

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

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

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

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