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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many more victims had been claimed by this snow?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Two.

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

3. What does the record amount of snowfall in the Andes mountains do to the SAR's search?
(a) It causes it to begin early.
(b) It ends it completely.
(c) It pushes it back from February to March.
(d) It pushes it back from January to February.

4. Why are Parrado, Turcatti, and Canessa selected for the next expedition?
(a) They are the most mentally and physically fit.
(b) They have training as Andinists.
(c) They are the weakest.
(d) They are the most excited about returning home.

5. Can airplanes be flown low in the mountain range?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Sometimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the parents hire another plane to take them to Santiago?

2. What is done with the luggage?

3. What is Canessa's opinion about hiking?

4. To buoy their spirits, what does Marcelo try to do?

5. When does summer begin in the Andes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Marcelo Perez and Daniel Fernandez feel about their friends? What do they do to help their friends?

2. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

3. What are Canessa and Parrado trying to fix?

4. Describe the plane they chartered and the course which it was to take.

5. Who saved many from the avalanche?

6. Describe the crash.

7. What do the parents do on December 5th?

8. When does the SAR send out a few planes in a specified area?

9. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

10. What are the results of the avalanche?

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