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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where are the majority of the survivors then moved to celebrate the Christmas holiday?
(a) A rental home.
(b) The local hotel.
(c) A local's home.
(d) A private room in the hospital.

2. What do the parents hear on Ponce de Leon's radio?
(a) A snippet of conversation about a cross being found.
(b) A snippet of conversation about a plane being found.
(c) A snippet of conversation about a new search beginning.
(d) A snippet of conversation about hikers being found.

3. What does a combination of severe cold and high altitude cause?
(a) The destruction of the C-47.
(b) Sickness in the rescue workers.
(c) The C-47's delay.
(d) A cancellation of the search.

4. Why does Paez Vilaro think he gets detained by the international police?
(a) Because he does not have a passport.
(b) Because of the puppy.
(c) Because they found the plane.
(d) Because he has lost his ticket.

5. When the men politely answer the reporters' questions, what do they do?
(a) They give all the details.
(b) They omit a few details.
(c) They omit nothing.
(d) They give no real answers.

6. What does Dr. Canessa do when he hears the news?
(a) He calls his wife.
(b) He heads back to San Fernando.
(c) He heads to Santiago.
(d) He heads home.

7. Who is the first man, an Andinist, who arrives?
(a) Eduardo Sanchez.
(b) Sergio Diaz.
(c) Juan Rodriguez.
(d) Armando Saldo.

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

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

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

11. How far are Canessa and Parrado from the nearest town called San Fernando?
(a) A two day ride.
(b) A one day ride.
(c) A fifteen minute walk.
(d) A one hour drive.

12. During the night what does Diaz tell the survivors?
(a) A few stories.
(b) One story about his adventures.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Of his adventures in the mountain.

13. What does Canessa do continuously during the hike?
(a) He prays to God.
(b) He thinks about his father.
(c) He prays to his patron saint.
(d) He thinks about his mother.

14. Why are the pilots of the broken-down C-47 also disappointed?
(a) They were friends with the Fairchild's pilot and co-pilot.
(b) They worry about the survivors.
(c) They feel upset for the parents.
(d) They had both flown the Fairchild.

15. To what do the family members need to adjust?
(a) The poor health of the young men.
(b) The newfound pessimism.
(c) The depression from which the young men suffer.
(d) The character changes in the young men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the boys not kill the cow?

2. Why is there little snow on the top of the mountain?

3. What is one of the men's concerns?

4. How does the extreme altitude affect the boys?

5. What do the others do, while Canessa and Parrado are hiking?

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