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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The radio team heard news that the search would be resumed by the Uruguayan Air Force. What does this information bring?
(a) Worry.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Mixed emotions.
(d) Happiness.

2. How does Ponce de Leon help the families?
(a) He calls his friends in the United States.
(b) He contacts the Air Force.
(c) He uses his clairvoyant visions to find the plane.
(d) He uses his radio to shuttle information between the families and officials.

3. How does what Ponce de Leon offers help the families?
(a) It gives them hope.
(b) It gives them a sense of peace.
(c) It keeps them updated and connected to the search.
(d) It encourages them.

4. What seems too good to be true?
(a) The plane being in one piece.
(b) The survivors being outside of the plane.
(c) The idea of finding the boys alive.
(d) Animals being found near the crash site.

5. What do the family members see as they fly over the lake?
(a) The plane.
(b) People.
(c) Condors.
(d) Human footprints.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spurred on the expedition team so they could make it back to the Fairchild?

2. What does a combination of severe cold and high altitude cause?

3. The families oscillated between what?

4. How had Numa Tarcatti and Pancho Delgado survived under the snow?

5. Who found himself covered in snow?

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