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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. The families oscillated between what?

2. What do the survivors discover when listening to the radio?

3. It had taken Parrado and Canessa ten days to reach the cattle post, and it took the helicopters how long to get to the plane?

4. How does the extreme altitude affect the boys?

5. On what day are the survivors reunited with each other and with their families?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place on December 23rd?

2. How do the men cross the river?

3. How is Wednesday, December 20th important?

4. It is surprising to the survivors?

5. What was happening with the search while Parrado and Canessa hiked?

6. When do Canessa and Parrado first encounter another human being?

7. How do Canessa and Parrado feel when they awake?

8. What do the thirteen survivors do as this section begins?

9. Why is Paez Vilaro detained by the international police?

10. What do the parents learn from Ponce de Leon's radio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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