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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 are this many people rescued first?

2. What does the miner's story confirm?

3. What does Paez do upon receiving this news?

4. Who do the helicopters carry?

5. How do the survivors go about their daily chores?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place on December 12th?

2. What false hope do the survivors experience?

3. How do the men cross the river?

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

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

6. On what do Canessa and Parrado focus during their hike?

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

8. It is surprising to the survivors?

9. What do the survivors discover on day seventy-one?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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