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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. The helicopters climbed how many feet before reaching the summit and moving down the opposite side?
(a) 13,500 feet.
(b) 10,500 feet.
(c) 11,500 feet.
(d) 12,500 feet.

2. What are the parents doing as Canessa and Parrado hike through the Andes?
(a) They are meeting with the colonel.
(b) They are busy searching.
(c) They are waiting to hear for news.
(d) They are heading home.

3. What is one of the men's concerns?
(a) Another avalanche.
(b) The rescue crew will not be able to find them.
(c) The hikers will not be found.
(d) The survivors will not last the night.

4. What do the survivors hear intermittently?
(a) Birds.
(b) Rumbling.
(c) Screams.
(d) Sounds of planes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the miner's story confirm?

2. Why is it dangerous to fly midday in the Andes?

3. Why is there little snow on the top of the mountain?

4. To where do the families turn their focus?

5. How soon do Canessa and Parrado awake after a rest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was happening with the search while Parrado and Canessa hiked?

2. What takes place on December 12th?

3. What takes place on December 23rd?

4. What searches take place the next morning?

5. What happens after the last survivors are rescued?

6. Describe the arrival of the helicopters.

7. How is Wednesday, December 20th important?

8. Describe the surprise Parrado and Canessa received the next morning.

9. Why is Paez Vilaro lagging behind?

10. What false hope do the survivors experience?

(see the answer keys)

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