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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. Why are Parrado, Turcatti, and Canessa selected for the next expedition?

2. What is done with the luggage?

3. As a group, how are the survivors becoming?

4. Did the pilots have experience flying over the Andes mountains?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Day Ten.

2. Describe the crash.

3. What was done after the air traffic control service lost contact with the Fairchild?

4. What complicated the search?

5. What takes place on December 11th?

6. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

7. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

8. What are the effects of a second avalanche?

9. Describe the plane they chartered and the course which it was to take.

10. How do the parents feel about the called off search? How do they respond to this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The survivors left behind when the first eight were evacuated talked and ate with the Andinists.

Part 1) What did they share with each other?

Part 2) Why did they share this information? What might have been the reaction of the Andinists to their stories? Why?

Part 3) How does this reaction lead to future events?

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

It was not easy for the survivors to slip back into their normal lives.

Part 1) Why might this be difficult? What were their various reactions to returning to normal life?

Part 2) Could one who experiences such trauma ever truly return to a previous lifestyle? Why or why not?

Part 3) Is there any way the survivors can benefit from this experience? Why or why not?

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