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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the hikers take shelter?
(a) In a ditch.
(b) In an abandoned house.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In an animal corral.

2. On whom does Parrado focus?
(a) God.
(b) His mother.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His father.

3. After the first eight survivors had flown away, what do the the rest of the crash survivors do?
(a) Play games in the snow.
(b) Return to the Fairchild.
(c) Watch the plane fly away.
(d) Complain that they were not taken away.

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

5. What is the roaring sound that Canessa and Parrado hear?
(a) A bear.
(b) A river.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) a plane.

6. How do the survivors feel when Vizintin comes sliding back to camp?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Scared.
(c) Angry.
(d) Worried.

7. What does the army commander, Colonel Morel, agree to do?
(a) End the search.
(b) Send a patrol to the area where the footprints were reported.
(c) Contact other neighboring countries for support.
(d) Find the plane.

8. The families oscillated between what?
(a) Giving up slightly and giving up completely.
(b) Believing there were some survivors and there were no survivors.
(c) Having faith and having shaky faith.
(d) Holding onto hope and giving up.

9. What arrives on December 12th?
(a) Gifts for the survivors.
(b) The location of the Fairchild.
(c) Funding for the search for the survivors.
(d) A C-47 plane promised by the Uruguayan Air Force.

10. Is it easy to slip back into the lives the men had left behind?
(a) Somewhat.
(b) At times.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

11. Why are Canessa and Parrado nervous?
(a) They want the news to travel faster for the sake of their friends still stranded on the Fairchild.
(b) They are worried the news will not get to the plane in time.
(c) Something will go wrong.
(d) Their friends will not make it through the night.

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

13. Who takes the lead on the expedition?
(a) Strauch.
(b) Parrado.
(c) Canessa.
(d) Suarez.

14. What is it difficult for the family members to accept?
(a) That the men are depressed.
(b) That the men had survived by eating human flesh.
(c) That the men's characters have changed.
(d) That so many died.

15. What does the transistor radio say has been found?
(a) A geological site.
(b) A cross in the snow.
(c) A plane.
(d) Hikers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sleepless night brought a morning full of hope. What do the men know without a doubt?

2. When the survivors hear rumbling, what do they believe it is?

3. What does Paez do upon receiving this news?

4. Why are the pilots of the broken-down C-47 also disappointed?

5. What news is given to Dr. Canessa?

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