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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the boys not kill the cow?
(a) They are not hungry.
(b) They do not know how to kill the cow.
(c) They do not want to eat beef.
(d) They are looking for help, not enemies.

2. How soon do Canessa and Parrado awake after a rest?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Just a few hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) Many hours.

3. What does the miner's story confirm?
(a) The plane is near the Tinguiririca volcano.
(b) The plane is near Santiago.
(c) The plane is destroyed.
(d) The plane is in a lake.

4. What do the survivors discover when listening to the radio?
(a) Two of the Fairchild's passengers have walked out of the Andes.
(b) The search has, once again, been cancelled.
(c) The search has begun again.
(d) A cross has been found.

5. What do the survivors believe this find to be?
(a) Their men.
(b) The geophysicists' cross.
(c) Their plane.
(d) Their cross made of luggage.

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

7. How does the extreme altitude affect the boys?
(a) It forces them to turn around.
(b) It wears on their bodies and exhausts them.
(c) It ends their hike.
(d) It makes it easier to breathe.

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

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

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

11. What do Harley and Nicolich do when they hear the news?
(a) They catch a flight to Santiago.
(b) They reverse direction.
(c) They cannot decide what to do.
(d) They continue home.

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

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

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

15. The sleepless night brought a morning full of hope. What do the men know without a doubt?
(a) They will not be rescued for a few days.
(b) They will be rescued next week.
(c) They will be rescued during the night.
(d) They would be rescued that day.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do the survivors talk and eat?

2. What does a combination of severe cold and high altitude cause?

3. How close is it to Christmas?

4. What do the newspapers do with the news of this cross?

5. What does the next morning bring?

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