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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was the information from Ponce de Leon accurate?

2. To whom do the Strauch sisters pray fervently?

3. What animals noticed the survivors and dead bodies?

4. Why are they forced to eat the bodies that had recently died and remained in the cabin?

5. Why do the parents try to locate a peasant miner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who saved many from the avalanche?

2. Describe Day Ten.

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

4. How do the survivors prepare to sleep?

5. Describe Uruguay when this book was written.

6. What is taking place back at the Fairchild?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several expeditions take place.

Part 1) Describe two of these expeditions. Were they successful? Why or why not?

Part 2) What do these expeditions reveal about the survivors? Why?

Part 3) What are your thoughts about these expeditions? Would you be able to endure these difficult treks? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The survivors attempt several courses of action to stay alive.

Part 1) What are two of these courses of action? How do they decide which courses of action to take?

Part 2) What do these courses of action reveal about the survivors?

Part 3) What do these attempts at survival reveal about mankind?

Essay Topic 3

The families do not give up hope.

Part 1) How do they show that they do not give up hope?

Part 2) What keeps them from giving up hope?

Part 3) Would you be as strong and hopeful? Why or why not?

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