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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. While reviewing an aeronautical map of the area, how does Croiset Jr. feel?

2. When does section three open?

3. Why do the parents try to locate a peasant miner?

4. Why do some of the other parents pledge their help?

5. What news was the most important that Croiset Jr. gives?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who saved many from the avalanche?

5. Describe Day Ten.

6. How is the expedition?

7. What do the parents do on December 5th?

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

9. What complicated the search?

10. What do the family members do once they reach Santiago?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The families suffer several disappointments.

Part 1) Describe two of these disappointments. How are they affected by these disappointments?

Part 2) If this accident had occurred in the United States, would these disappointments still have occurred? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do these disappointments make the successful outcome more bittersweet?

Essay Topic 2

Eight survivors are flown away first.

Part 1) Why are only eight flown away first? How are they chosen?

Part 2) Should the eight have been chosen this way? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might this have affected the others? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The survivors attempt several courses of action to stay alive.

Part 1) What are two of these courses of action? How do they decide which courses of action to take?

Part 2) What do these courses of action reveal about the survivors?

Part 3) What do these attempts at survival reveal about mankind?

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