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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 do the men go to bed feeling?
(a) Nervous about seeing their families.
(b) Excited at the prospect of a helicopter's arrival in the morning.
(c) Worried about their friends still in the plane.
(d) Frustrated that they cannot leave now.

2. After the first eight survivors had flown away, what do the the rest of the crash survivors do?
(a) Watch the plane fly away.
(b) Play games in the snow.
(c) Return to the Fairchild.
(d) Complain that they were not taken away.

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

4. What time does the helicopter arrive to pick up the last survivors?
(a) One o'clock.
(b) Ten o'clock.
(c) Eight o'clock.
(d) Five o'clock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The helicopters climbed how many feet before reaching the summit and moving down the opposite side?

2. Why has Dr. Canessa not yet returned to Montevideo?

3. Why is Diaz summoned back by the survivors?

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

5. Why does Paez Vilaro think he gets detained by the international police?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the arrival of the helicopters.

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

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

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

5. What takes place on December 23rd?

6. How do the men cross the river?

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

8. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

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

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

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