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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. What do the family members see as they fly over the lake?

2. How many survivors are flown to San Fernando?

3. How do the survivors feel when Vizintin comes sliding back to camp?

4. Why has Dr. Canessa not yet returned to Montevideo?

5. Why are this many people rescued first?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

4. What do the survivors do when the first eight are flown away?

5. What does the minor's story confirm? What is done with this information?

6. How do the parents feel about the reading of the survivors' names?

7. How do the men cross the river?

8. It is surprising to the survivors?

9. Describe the surprise Parrado and Canessa received the next morning.

10. Why is Paez Vilaro lagging behind?

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 Fairchild is found.

Part 1) How is the Fairchild found? Could it have been found without the aid of the two hikers? Explain.

Part 2) What might have been the reactions of both the survivors and the families? Explain.

Part 3) How would you feel if you had been a survivor or family member? What might be your reaction?

Essay Topic 3

The survivors endured great hardships.

Part 1) Describe two of these hardships.

Part 2) How were the survivors affected by these hardships? Why?

Part 3) How were the survivors changed permanently by these hardships? Are you surprised by any of these changes? Why or why not?

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