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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this man say to the family members?

2. From what does Echavarren suffer?

3. Who comforts Marcelo?

4. To whom do the Strauch sisters pray fervently?

5. Why are they forced to eat the bodies that had recently died and remained in the cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the results of the avalanche?

2. Describe Day Ten.

3. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

4. Why is the team traveling to Chile?

5. How do the survivors prepare to sleep?

6. On Day Ten, what do the survivors decide?

7. How do Marcelo Perez and Daniel Fernandez feel about their friends? What do they do to help their friends?

8. What are the effects of a second avalanche?

9. What information does Croiset Jr. give the parents?

10. What takes place on December 11th?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The survivors were not evacuated immediately.

Part 1) Why were they not evacuated immediately?

Part 2) How might they have felt about this?

Part 3) How might the rescue crew have felt when approaching the survivors? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The families do not give up hope.

Part 1) How do they show that they do not give up hope?

Part 2) What keeps them from giving up hope?

Part 3) Would you be as strong and hopeful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Several expeditions take place.

Part 1) Describe two of these expeditions. Were they successful? Why or why not?

Part 2) What do these expeditions reveal about the survivors? Why?

Part 3) What are your thoughts about these expeditions? Would you be able to endure these difficult treks? Why or why not?

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