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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. Canessa and Parrado remained at the Fairchild and attempted to do what?
(a) Fix the transistor radio.
(b) Make the plane functional.
(c) Make the cockpit radio functional.
(d) Move the cockpit toward the rest of the plane.

2. What is done with the luggage?
(a) It is used to create a wall over the gaping hole.
(b) It is formed into the shape of a cross in the snow.
(c) It is thrown into the plane.
(d) It is left in the snow.

3. Why has Roy been living off meager rations?
(a) He does not want to eat.
(b) He was not one of the chosen expeditionaries.
(c) He cannot keep food down.
(d) He is not feeling well.

4. What do the survivors do to get fresh air into the plane?
(a) They go out the back of the plane.
(b) They break off the roof.
(c) They used a metal rod to puncture the snow outside.
(d) They use the oxygen tanks.

5. What do the parents agree to do with this information?
(a) Share it with another clairvoyant.
(b) Bring it to the attention of the Uruguayan Air Force.
(c) Ignore it.
(d) Begin their own search.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who found himself covered in snow?

2. When do the four return to the Fairchild?

3. Even if the plane is not buried in snow, why would it still be hard to see?

4. What is the only way to improve visibility?

5. How does Paez Vilar become known?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

2. What are the effects of a second avalanche?

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

4. What information does Croiset Jr. give the parents?

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

6. What are the results of the avalanche?

7. What do the family members do once they reach Santiago?

8. Why is the team traveling to Chile?

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

10. How do the survivors feel about the search being resumed?

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