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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 do some of the other parents pledge their help?

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

3. To whom do the Strauch sisters pray fervently?

4. When does the SAR send a few planes searching in a specified area?

5. What do the survivors do to get fresh air into the plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the team traveling to Chile?

2. What are the effects of a second avalanche?

3. Describe Day Ten.

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

5. How do the survivors prepare to sleep?

6. What complicated the search?

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

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

9. Who saved many from the avalanche?

10. How does Ponce de Leon help the families of those lost in the Andes?

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 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

On December 23 the survivors were all reunited with their families.

Part 1) Describe what this day must have been like.

Part 2) Why is this recovery at this time significant?

Part 3) How might the significance of this time of year affect their faith and belief in God?

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