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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. Why do tensions rise?

2. Was the information from Ponce de Leon accurate?

3. When does the SAR send a few planes searching in a specified area?

4. With whom do the parents meet on December 5th?

5. What do the survivors do to get fresh air into the plane?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Day Ten.

3. Describe the crash.

4. What are the results of the avalanche?

5. How do Marcelo Perez and Daniel Fernandez feel about their friends? What do they do to help their friends?

6. Who saved many from the avalanche?

7. How do the survivors prepare to sleep?

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

9. How is the expedition?

10. What do the parents do on December 5th?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The travelers on the Fairchild are from Uruguay.

Part 1) Describe Uruguay's history. How does this history affect these travelers?

Part 2) How does this country play a role in the outcome of this tragedy?

Part 3) How might the United States' response have been, compared to the Uruguayans? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Twenty-nine of the forty-five passengers and crew did not survive.

Part 1) What is the main cause for most of their deaths?

Part 2) Could many of these deaths have been avoided, other than by not crashing? Explain.

Part 3) How might the dead feel about the ways their bodies had been used? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

The Fairchild is found.

Part 1) How is the Fairchild found? Could it have been found without the aid of the two hikers? Explain.

Part 2) What might have been the reactions of both the survivors and the families? Explain.

Part 3) How would you feel if you had been a survivor or family member? What might be your reaction?

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