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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. Who entered first in the plane to sleep at night?
(a) A few men.
(b) The injured and couples.
(c) The strongest men.
(d) Only the women.

2. What are the Chilean military police called?
(a) Carabineros.
(b) Policineros.
(c) Carabiners.
(d) Policia militar.

3. What is Gustavo Nicolich's role during this tragedy?
(a) He is the pilot.
(b) He is the complainer.
(c) He is the organizer.
(d) He is team captain.

4. How does Ponce de Leon help the families?
(a) He uses his radio to shuttle information between the families and officials.
(b) He contacts the Air Force.
(c) He calls his friends in the United States.
(d) He uses his clairvoyant visions to find the plane.

5. As a group, how are the survivors becoming?
(a) Uncertain but hopeful.
(b) Positive and upbeat.
(c) Cheerful and hopeful.
(d) Irritable and depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Canessa's opinion about hiking?

2. What did the school systems in place at that time lack?

3. How does Croiset feel about the passengers?

4. What news was the most important that Croiset Jr. gives?

5. How does what Ponce de Leon offers help the families?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the ninth day begin?

2. On Day Ten, what do the survivors decide?

3. What are the effects of a second avalanche?

4. How do the survivors prepare to sleep?

5. What do Madelon Rodriguez and Estela Perez continue to believe?

6. Who is Rafael Ponce de Leon?

7. What are Canessa and Parrado trying to fix?

8. How does Ponce de Leon help the families of those lost in the Andes?

9. What does Paez Vilaro do to search for the missing plane?

10. Describe the crash.

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