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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the parents try to locate a peasant miner?
(a) He will lead them through the mountains to search for their children.
(b) It is rumored that he saw the crash.
(c) He has seen debris from the crash.
(d) He is also a clairvoyant.

2. In what do Madelon (Vilero) Rodriguez and Estela Perez continue to believe?
(a) The Uruguayan Air Force.
(b) Their husbands.
(c) Croiset's visions.
(d) Their sons.

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

4. How is the search expanded?
(a) To include the United States.
(b) To include the surrounding countries.
(c) To include the Chilean government.
(d) To include people on the ground.

5. Why do the parents hire another plane to take them to Santiago?
(a) The first plane cannot be repaired.
(b) They do not trust the military men.
(c) They are unwilling to waste any more time waiting for the first plane to be fixed.
(d) They are afraid to ride on the first plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is done with the luggage?

2. What do the men do in Santiago?

3. When does summer begin in the Andes?

4. What is the only way to improve visibility?

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

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