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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had Numa Tarcatti and Pancho Delgado survived under the snow?
(a) They had warm blankets.
(b) They poked holes in the snow to breathe.
(c) They screamed for help.
(d) They had a pocket of air to breathe.

2. Who owned the plane the team chartered?
(a) The team captain.
(b) The Uruguayan government.
(c) The United States government.
(d) The Chilean government.

3. What revolutionary group was born?
(a) The Ticonderogas.
(b) The Tupamaros.
(c) The Tuperwares.
(d) The Tuiricas.

4. What are the Chilean military police called?
(a) Carabiners.
(b) Carabineros.
(c) Policineros.
(d) Policia militar.

5. Why does Marcelo feel responsible for their losses?
(a) He told the pilots on which course to fly.
(b) He hired the plane and pilots.
(c) He crashed the plane.
(d) He had encouraged the others to take the trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news was the most important that Croiset Jr. gives?

2. How does Paez Vilar become known?

3. From what does Enrique Platero suffer?

4. What is the largest city in Uruguay?

5. What did the school systems in place at that time lack?

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