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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. What do the concerned and confused family members begin to do?
(a) Call each other.
(b) Arrive in Quito.
(c) Arrive in Santiago.
(d) Arrive in Montevideo.

2. From whom did Uruguay fight for its independence from its neighbors?
(a) Argentina and Brazil.
(b) Brazil and Paraguay.
(c) Chile and Paraguay.
(d) Argentina and Chile.

3. How does Croiset feel about the passengers?
(a) He doubts there are survivors.
(b) He believes only the pilots survived.
(c) He believes there are suvivors.
(d) He believes there is one survivor.

4. What is the only way to improve visibility?
(a) To use binoculars.
(b) To travel by foot.
(c) To fly low.
(d) To wait until the weather improves.

5. What is Canessa's opinion about hiking?
(a) They should not risk their lives hiking again unless all their other options have been exhausted.
(b) They should hike out of the mountains.
(c) They should leave quickly.
(d) He should hike alone back to the Fairchild.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who entered first in the plane to sleep at night?

2. From what does Enrique Platero suffer?

3. To what do the men return?

4. What is the lack of nutrients doing to the survivors' bodies?

5. What mountains does the refined search area surround?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the survivors prepare to sleep?

2. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

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

4. What is taking place back at the Fairchild?

5. What takes place on December 11th?

6. What was done after the air traffic control service lost contact with the Fairchild?

7. How is the expedition?

8. Why is the team traveling to Chile?

9. Who saved many from the avalanche?

10. How do the parents feel about the called off search? How do they respond to this?

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