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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Was the information from Ponce de Leon accurate?
(a) Very little.
(b) Yes.
(c) Some.
(d) No.

3. What happens on December 11th?
(a) The plane does not take off due to engine problems.
(b) The propellers stop turning and the pilot performs an emergency landing.
(c) The plane searches but does not find the men.
(d) The plane crashes in the Andes.

4. What had the men rigged?
(a) The cockpit radio.
(b) A transistor radio.
(c) A walkie-talkie.
(d) A telephone.

5. What does Paez Vilaro do to find the lost rugby players?
(a) He talks to a water diviner.
(b) He contacts a clairvoyant.
(c) He calls his friends in the United States for help.
(d) He mounts his own search.

6. On what does the search focus?
(a) The volcano of Tinguiririca.
(b) The Chilean border.
(c) The pilot's comments about seeing Curico.
(d) The path of the plane.

7. To whom do the Strauch sisters pray fervently?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The Virgin of Garabandal.

8. With whom do the parents meet on December 5th?
(a) A clairvoyant.
(b) The President of Uruguay.
(c) A grief counselor.
(d) The commander-in-chief of the Uruguayan Air Force.

9. What is Canessa's opinion about hiking?
(a) They should hike out of the mountains.
(b) They should leave quickly.
(c) They should not risk their lives hiking again unless all their other options have been exhausted.
(d) He should hike alone back to the Fairchild.

10. How do the parents of the rugby players feel about the government calling off the search after so little effort?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Worried.
(c) Appalled.
(d) Not surprised.

11. What does Vizintin discover?
(a) The cockpit radio will no longer work.
(b) A material in the tail's heating system that would make a great insulator from the cold should the radio not work and they were forced to resume the hike.
(c) The cockpit radio will work.
(d) The plane may still be functional.

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

13. How had snow entered the plane?
(a) It snows heavily and enters the gaping hole.
(b) The ceiling collapses.
(c) An avalanche had pummeled the plane and entered through their makeshift barriers.
(d) The men had brought it into the plane.

14. The following day, after reviewing all available information, what do the commanders do?
(a) Continue on the same search.
(b) Begin a search.
(c) End the search.
(d) Change the focus of the search.

15. Why do the parents hire another plane to take them to Santiago?
(a) They do not trust the military men.
(b) The first plane cannot be repaired.
(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 discovered back at the Fairchild?

2. When does the SAR send a few planes searching in a specified area?

3. Who took turns sleeping in the exposed area near the opening?

4. What is the largest city in Uruguay?

5. From what does Enrique Platero suffer?

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