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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. Who are the two major political parties?

2. How does Croiset feel about the passengers?

3. What do the survivors decrease in frequency?

4. Who spurred on the expedition team so they could make it back to the Fairchild?

5. Who took turns sleeping in the exposed area near the opening?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the results of the avalanche?

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

3. Why is the team traveling to Chile?

4. What takes place on December 11th?

5. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

6. What does Paez Vilaro do to search for the missing plane?

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

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

9. What is taking place back at the Fairchild?

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

The survivors unanimously decided to eat the bodies of the dead.

Part 1) Why do they make this decision? What role does their faith play in this decision?

Part 2) How does this cannibalism affect outsiders? Why?

Part 3) How do you fell about this cannibalism? Why? Would you have done the same thing, if you were in this situation? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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