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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. Why has Dr. Canessa not yet returned to Montevideo?
(a) He has been out to lunch.
(b) He has been delayed at the airport.
(c) He has stoppped at a friend's house.
(d) He has stopped by the store.

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

3. 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?
(a) Just one hour.
(b) Just five minutes.
(c) Just fifteen minutes.
(d) Just two hours.

4. What are the parents doing as Canessa and Parrado hike through the Andes?
(a) They are heading home.
(b) They are busy searching.
(c) They are meeting with the colonel.
(d) They are waiting to hear for news.

5. The sleepless night brought a morning full of hope. What do the men know without a doubt?
(a) They will be rescued during the night.
(b) They will be rescued next week.
(c) They will not be rescued for a few days.
(d) They would be rescued that day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the carabineers prepared to retrieve survivors?

2. Where are the survivors brought?

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

4. How are the feelings of the parents when the survivors' names are finally read?

5. What do the men begin to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place on December 23rd?

2. What do the parents learn from Ponce de Leon's radio?

3. How do the men cross the river?

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

5. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?

6. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

7. It is surprising to the survivors?

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

9. How is Wednesday, December 20th important?

10. What takes place on December 12th?

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