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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The helicopters climbed how many feet before reaching the summit and moving down the opposite side?
(a) 11,500 feet.
(b) 13,500 feet.
(c) 12,500 feet.
(d) 10,500 feet.

2. When does the SAR send a few planes searching in a specified area?
(a) When they find new evidence.
(b) When the parents threaten to sue.
(c) When the government pushes them to begin a search.
(d) When they receive financial support from the parents.

3. How are the carabineers prepared to retrieve survivors?
(a) By foot.
(b) By boat.
(c) By plane.
(d) By helicopter.

4. How do the men go to bed feeling?
(a) Excited at the prospect of a helicopter's arrival in the morning.
(b) Nervous about seeing their families.
(c) Frustrated that they cannot leave now.
(d) Worried about their friends still in the plane.

5. What do the survivors hear intermittently?
(a) Sounds of planes.
(b) Birds.
(c) Screams.
(d) Rumbling.

Short Answer Questions

1. While reviewing an aeronautical map of the area, how does Croiset Jr. feel?

2. What do the parents agree to do with this information?

3. Back in Montevideo, how are the women feeling?

4. Why is it dangerous to fly midday in the Andes?

5. How far are Canessa and Parrado from the nearest town called San Fernando?

(see the answer key)

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