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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 does the miner's story confirm?

2. How is Ponce de Leon's radio utilized?

3. What does Paez do upon receiving this news?

4. How many of the survivors had grown in their belief in God and wanted to share that message?

5. How many carabineers arrived and asked for directions to the plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the survivors react to the Andinists?

2. What searches take place the next morning?

3. How is the cross found in the snow discouraging to the parents?

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

5. What is the summer sun doing? How is this good and bad?

6. What do the helicopters do when they arrive?

7. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?

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

9. How is Wednesday, December 20th important?

10. How do the men cross the river?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Twenty-nine of the forty-five passengers and crew did not survive.

Part 1) What is the main cause for most of their deaths?

Part 2) Could many of these deaths have been avoided, other than by not crashing? Explain.

Part 3) How might the dead feel about the ways their bodies had been used? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

One of the most important jobs belonged to Father Andres Rojas.

Part 1) What was his job? Why is it important?

Part 2) How might his help have affected the boys for the rest of their lives?

Part 3) What other people could help in a similar way? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Both the SAR and family members search for the Fairchild and its passengers.

Part 1) Describe the various searches. How does the history of Uruguay affect these searches?

Part 2) What is unusual about some of the tactics used by the families? Would these sources of information be trusted in the United States? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does the author convey the feelings of disappointment, joy, and suspense felt by these people?

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